Summary
WhatsApp has launched another education campaign– "Share Joy, Not Rumours"–to educate users to not misuse the platform with elections just a few weeks away. While the previous campaigns focused on educating the users through media, TV and radio advertisements, this campaign aims to instruct people on the inbuilt controls that the application provides as an attempt to curb the spread of false information.
Highlights:
- Social media had become an integral aspect of the election campaign. This has led to the Indian government introducing policies and regulations to halt fake news on platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp.
- Social media firms including WhatsApp, will now have to process any request from the Election Commission to take down content within three hours during the 48-hour period before voting days.