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Indian Government Meets WhatsApp To Bring Traceability To Curb Fake News

The fake news spread through the messaging platform has caused for the lynching of over 30 people since January last year, according to the reports and to stop the violence Indian government is asking the messaging platform to trace and find the origin of such misinformation (Photo: Miguel Candela/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images).

By: Radhakrishna N S

Indian authorities held discussions with senior WhatsApp executives this week to ask the Facebook Inc branch to begin its operations to trace the origin of fake news spread through its messaging platform, media reports said on Friday (7). WhatsApp is on its work to stop the circulation of misinformation, fake news, or any other such content in its largest market with 220 million users, Reuters reported quoting a senior Indian government official as saying. The fake news spread through the messaging platform has caused for the lynching of over 30 people since January last year, according to the reports and…

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