Smart reporting tool could combat fake news on encrypted chat apps

By Chris Stokel-Walker

WhatsApp uses end-to-end encryption to unafraid messages

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Fears astir the dispersed of disinformation connected encrypted chat apps could beryllium addressed by a strategy that tin exposure fake news without infringing connected people’s privacy, its creators claim.

WhatsApp and different end-to-end encrypted messaging apps person struggled to halt the travel of disinformation connected their platforms. In 2019, WhatsApp introduced limits connected the fig of times a connection tin beryllium forwarded successful an effort to dilatory the dispersed of fake news. However, due to the fact that the messages are encrypted, determination is nary mode …

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