Posts Tagged: hoaxes

WhatsApp limits forwarding worldwide to fight hoaxes and rumors

On January 21, 2019 by Michelle Turner With 0 Comments - Tech

WhatsApp limited forwarding in India as part of an effort to curb hoaxes and rumors that could lead to violence, and now that policy is spreading. The Facebook-owned messaging service has announced that it's lowering the forwarding limit worldwide f…
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WhatsApp clamps down on forwarding to reduce hoaxes and spam

On July 20, 2018 by Michelle Turner With 0 Comments - Tech

While parent company Facebook shifts policies on how to handle content that it said can lead to violence, WhatsApp is also in a state of change. A blog post describes how it's limiting the ability to forward messages to multiple chats at once, appare…
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Twitter tries to explain how it fights breaking news hoaxes

On April 5, 2018 by Michelle Turner With 0 Comments - Tech

During the minutes and hours after shots rang out at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, many people used Twitter just as they have after other high-profile events: to spread fake information and hoaxes. In response to reports about how bad its "fak…
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