USNMix Report: Another
campaign of Whatsapp
to stop Fake News.
to stop Fake News.
Instant messaging app,
Whatsapp has started its second phase of campaign 'share joy, not rumor' to
curb Fake News. This campaign is also being run in Regional Language. This
campaign of Whatsapp will be played on social media platforms besides TV, print
and radio. The statement from Whatsapp said that general elections are going on
in India in April 2019. Whatsapp has not started to share its second phase of
'happiness, rumor'.
Google voluntarily signed it
The campaign of the first
phase has reached millions in rural and urban areas. The second phase of the
campaign of Whatsapp is focused on a safe election process. After the
dissemination of false news from the Whatsapp platform, due to the incidents of
mob violence, he is constantly in the midst of criticism.
The prominent social media
companies Facebook, Twitter and Google have voluntarily signed that their
platform will not be allowed to be used for the spread of fake news during the
general elections.
Abhijit Bose, chief of
Whatsapp India, said, "It is our priority to work with the Election
Commission and local partners for safe elections. We will make people aware that
they can easily identify malicious messages through our campaign. ' This
campaign has been started in 10 languages English, Hindi, Bangla, Kannada,
Telugu, Assamese, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam and Tamil.
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