WhatsApp, a Facebook-controlled messaging application, has announced the introduction in India of a toll-free number that users can call to report viral messages containing dubious and unverified information. WhatsApp said it has entered into an agreement with the Indian startup Proto to create a system where users can report suspicious messages to an account called “Checkpoint”, which will respond to requests indicating whether the information received is true, false, disputed. misleading or irrelevant. The goal of the initiative, said WhatsApp, is to limit the spread of fake news in India, which in recent years has led, among other things, to serious episodes of violence, especially in view of the general elections to be held between '11 April and 19 May 2019.
