Facebook’s WhatsApp has launched a “search” feature in some countries for fact checking.
WhatsApp Launches New Google Search Prompt In-Stream to Help Verify Highly-Forwarded Messages – socialmediatoday.com
WhatsApp has officially launched a new feature that will enable users to immediately search for additional context on any highly forwarded links via a Google search prompt included within the message stream, another measure to help slow the spread of misinformation via the app. Today, we’re piloting a simple way to double-check [the content of forwarded] messages by tapping a magnifying glass button in the chat.
Link: WhatsApp Launches New Google Search Prompt In-Stream to Help Verify Highly-Forwarded Messages
via www.socialmediatoday.com
