{"id":267367,"date":"2018-07-06T07:58:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T05:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=267367"},"modified":"2018-07-06T08:00:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T06:00:56","slug":"whatsapp-fake-news-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/267367-whatsapp-fake-news-problem.html","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp fake news problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp has a big problem with fake news on its platform and is now <a href=\"https:\/\/research.fb.com\/announcing-the-whatsapp-social-science-and-misinformation-request-for-proposals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>looking for help<\/strong><\/a> from researchers to solve it.<\/p>\n<p>The company has commissioned a competitive set of awards to researchers interested in exploring issues related to misinformation on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WhatsApp Research Awards will provide funding for independent research proposals that are designed to be shared with WhatsApp and Facebook,\u201d said WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/2018\/07\/05\/whatsapp-research-fake-news-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mashabale reported<\/strong><\/a> that grants of up to $50,000 are available to researchers whose proposals are approved.<\/p>\n<p>The WhatsApp Research Awards follows a <a href=\"http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=180364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>warning<\/strong><\/a> from the Indian government about the abuse of WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstances of lynching of innocent people have been noticed recently because a large number of irresponsible and explosive messages filled with rumours and provocation are being circulated on WhatsApp,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>It added that these concerns have been shared with WhatsApp\u2019s management, and that \u201cthey have been advised that necessary remedial measures should be taken to prevent proliferation of these fake messages\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/266231-voice-calling-price-comparison-whatsapp-vs-facebook-vs-skype.html\">Voice calling price comparison \u2013 WhatsApp vs Facebook vs Skype<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp is looking for help to stop the spread of misinformation on the platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":168223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[161,38428,2594],"class_list":["post-267367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-facebook","tag-fake-news","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267367"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267387,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267367\/revisions\/267387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}