Facebook-owned messaging application WhatsApp teamed up with New Delhi-based digital media training startup Proto to create a tip line where “uncertain information or rumors” can be reported.
The 2019 Indian general election will be held in seven phases, from April 11 through May 19.
WhatsApp users can now submit messages that they deem suspicious to +91-9643-000-888, and Checkpoint—a research project that was commissioned by and receives technical assistance from the messaging app—will use that information to create a database of rumors and misinformation that are being shared in the run-up to the election.
Here’s how it works: When messages are shared via the tip line, Proto’s verification center will determine whether claims made in those messages have been verified.
Dig Deeper Media and Meedan are helping Proto develop its verification and research frameworks for India.
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