WhatsApp is in the sights of the European Commission, which is a bit fed up with the false information that is distributed non-stop through the messaging platform, apparently without being able to be stopped by it. In this idea, the European Commission has become somewhat more aggressive in terms of the way it will treat WhatsApp and its policies regarding false information, and this after a lot of information regarding the Coronavirus was distributed non-stop through the platform.
WhatsApp has not provided much information to the European Commission, or anyone else, about how it is trying to combat the false information that is distributed non-stop through its platform. Considering this course of action, the European Commission would prepare a legislation that would oblige Facebook and WhatsApp to disclose all the actions they take to combat the distribution of false information worldwide among users.
WhatsApp: Decision with IMPORTANT Impact of the European Commission
WhatsApp is going to be targeted by a series of new rules that the European Commission is going to announce in the next few hours, aimed at stopping the distribution of false information among Europeans. We are most likely talking about rules that will have sanctions attached to force WhatsApp to comply with what is required of it, and we could see big changes for the platform in the idea of complying with the requirements coming from the European Commission.
WhatsApp imposed a function that restricts the resending of messages if they go viral, and said that this would have reduced the distribution of false information by more than 50%, but the European Commission has a different opinion. It is possible that WhatsApp will be forced to take even more restrictive measures to prevent a much wider distribution of false information on the platform by various entities, but we should learn more about this plan in the next few hours.
WhatsApp has been more and more severely criticized due to the fact that it refuses to stop the distribution of false information through its platform, especially in India, and now the European Commission is struggling with the problems in Europe.
