Preparing against fake news and misinformation during Lok Sabha Elections 2019

In today's world, Facebook which is one of the biggest social media platforms in the globe is one of the places where you can find a lot of fake news. Facebook has given people a platform in which they can express all their feelings. Facebook has been successfully shaping democracies simply by letting people have a platform to express themselves. Facebook has also played its fair share in spreading misinformation. Till date, Facebook can spread some engaging information along with some fake news. Facebook and other social media platforms are now trying hard,so that they can remove any kind of fake information which is available on any of the social media platforms.

Lok Sabha elections of India:

India is now very close to the Look Sabha 2019 election. The problem with social media platforms is that they get very sensitive with all the fake news which are available. Today we will be talking about the three things that we need to take care of to make sure that all the social media platforms so not have any kind of problems because of all the fake news available in the platform.

Handy features of WhatsApp:

WhatsApp has added some new features which include Forwarding different types of label. WhatsApp is now encouraging people to scrutinize all the messages which are forwarded to them. All the images which are forwarded to them need be from a reliable source or else they will all be treated as fake news. WhatsApp has now come out with a campaign which says "Share Joy, Not Rumours" which has become very popular recently. WhatsApp has also added a few features for all the groups which include group privacy settings and admin controls so that all the fake news in the group can be stopped.

WhatsApp restrictions:

WhatsApp has also restricted people from forwarding messages from now on to only 5 groups at a time. WhatsApp is one of those companies where the coders have intentionally constrain sharing. This new update has helped to reduce all the forwarded messages into different groups which in the end has limited the spread of fake news.

WhatsApp has also developed local teams so that they can make sure that with the help of government and civil society that fake news is not being spread by people. Fake news could be one of the reasons for riots breaking out in certain areas.

Facebook has also been working hard to remove Fake news from the platform. Facebook has been removing all the fake profiles from the platform which are generally there to post about different political views and change the mind of all the voters. Facebook has assured that from now on they will try to be very transparent and make sure that people know how they work. The transparency is something that Facebook has been trying to achieve for quite a long period of time.

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