WhatsApp. The biggest messaging application from history has a very big problem that is effectively impossible for the Americans to solve, but this generates enormous headaches for them in many countries. You probably already knew that in India dozens of people were killed because of fake news that the locals believed, the company WhatsApp made a series of changes with global impact to solve the problems, but so far they have not found an effective solution for they.
WhatsApp. Now, the Indian government has asked the Americans to quickly find a solution to the problems with fake news, and this is because there are new problems with not very intelligent citizens who believe them, and commit various crimes. The Ministry of Communications in India has asked WhatsApp to modify the application so that fake news has a special mark that makes it easy to distinguish it from the real one, the same thing being requested including for re-sent messages.
WhatsApp has a huge problem with fake news, and it can't solve it
WhatsApp. Although the application limited the ability to resend messages to more than 5 people, and implemented various other limitations for group conversations, it seems that much more is needed. Although the representatives of WhatsApp also stated that they have constant meetings with representatives of the police or intelligence agencies in the country to discuss these problems and solutions for them, the authorities are still not satisfied with the steps taken so far.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued notices to the company for conveying that they need to come out with effective solutions that can bring in accountability and facilitate law enforcement in addition to labeling forwards and weeding out fake news. Meetings with law enforcement agencies and intermediaries are held on a regular basis to strengthen the coordination framework for better enforcement of the law.
WhatsApp. The big problem for the platform is that there are several hundred million users in India, and the country's government has threatened the company to block the messaging platform if fake news continues to be distributed. Given that the measures taken so far have had no effect, it is hard to say what big changes WhatsApp can make to solve the problem of fake news, but the pressure is very high on the company owned by WhatsApp.
WhatsApp. Whatever changes will be made for the application only in India, you can be 100% sure that they will be imposed globally, and everyone will feel them, in the end.
