Facebook"s WhatsApp to crack down on fake messages in India, Reuters reports

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India, WhatsApp's biggest market, holds more than 400 million of the app's 2 billion users, per Reuters. Indian Prime Minister Narendra M.....»»

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For Gurupad Kolli, a 40-year-old lawyer who lives in a remote Indian village, the torrent of WhatsApp messages surging to his phone a few weeks ago meant one thing: election day was near......»»

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Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) owned WhatsApp have helped to trigger mass beatings Fake news messages on WhatsApp lead to beatings by mobs More than a dozen people beaten up so far this year At least thre.....»»

More than one dozen beatings have occurred across India this year due to fake messages about child abductors......»»

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REUTERS/Adnan Abidi India wrote to WhatsApp on Tuesday July 3 about preventing the circulation of "irresponsible and explosive messages". Mob lynchings were provoked across the country due to rumo.....»»

The devastating consequences of fake news are apparent around the world, but in recent times India has felt them most keenly, with the spread of misinformation resulting in the deaths of 12 people in the last two months. .....»»

WhatsApp in a blog post said it’s launching a new feature that will starting labeling messages in the app that have been forwarded along to a user inste.....»»

Stephen Lam/Reuters WhatsApp is trying to make it harder for people to spread fake news. It's limiting people's ability to forward messages to more than 20 people at a time. Indian users can only.....»»

WhatsApp has a particular problem in India, where misinformation has led to lynchings. A few years ago, WhatsApp started letting people forward messages to multiple groups at once. Now, facing serious problems with the spr.....»»

Facebook is battling privacy scandals, user outrage and fake news controversies, but in India its biggest problem is WhatsApp.....»»

Facebook is being battered by privacy scandals, user outrage and fake news controversies. In India, its biggest problem is WhatsApp......»»

India wants WhatsApp to trace hoax messages after a spate of mob violence. The Facebook-owned app says it won't......»»

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Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp is limiting users’ ability to forward messages across the platform, after criticism it has been used to spread misinformation and rumors, and sometimes stoke violence......»»

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