WhatsApp It is one of the most popular messaging apps in the world, so it never stops its efforts to provide the best experience. To do this, the messaging system managed by Facebook executives continues to add improvements, such as increase the number of participants in a video call or it may be Use the app on multiple devices. Now WhatsApp has announced bot-watching stories fighting hoaxes in coronavirus (Covid-19), designed by international certification experts and we will let you know how it works
The popular messaging app is taking steps to combat fake news about this virus, which keeps millions of people locked out of their homes, unable to get out, except at times. In this case, you have just made a decision limit the number of referrals against hoaxes. A measure that has been a complete success, as the company itself announced it The transmission of hoaxes and potentially harmful messages decreased by 70% on WhatsApp. Now the app has launched, along with the International Network of Content Verifiers (IFCN), a news verification bot for notify users of the recently rejected hoaxes.
A robotic system containing an automated conversation within WhatsApp notify users of rejected hoaxes and direct them to database database for more than 4,800 toxic content in the coronavirus to point out from the IFCN so far, as reported by the holoi.es. Currently this chatbot only available in English, although Spanish can be used in "two weeks", as Cristina Tardáguila, director of the IFCN reports in that source.
How does the WhatsApp bot news work? It's very simple. You just have to Save the number 001 727 2912606 for phone contacts, and the name the user decides. When you're done, all that's left is to find the contact on WhatsApp and send a message with "Hello" (as available in English only). After the initial connection, the IFCN chatbot sends the user a text message informing them of six options for which they can request more information.
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The Verifier bot acts as a "shield" against false news about the coronavirus
Among the options available to request more information are the following: search for country-specific content validation, check for recently rejected hoaxesSee Antivirus Traces On the other hand, it is worth mentioning that the system itself detects a phone number associated with WhatsApp with a global preview to find each user.
"Details of the disinformation are available on the IFCN website, but we needed something close to the residents, something that was easy to get into. So we wanted it on WhatsApp.his goal is to make it a lot easier like waking up in the morning, while drinking coffee, reading the bot: what have the most recent militants been rejected in my country? It's a shield, the only thing that should have that daily protection is to reduce the noiseSaid Tardáguila.
In Spain there are confirmation media linked to the IFCN: EFE Verifica (from public agency EFE), AFP Factual (Agence France Press data validation unit), and exclusive Maldita.es with Newtral. Some validators cannot see "messages sent directly to them and cannot see, monitor or delete content on WhatsApp, since all WhatsApp messages are private, and are protected by the encryption key at the end. Therefore, only the sender and the recipient can see the content of that message.
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