This is the latest move from WhatsApp to counter fake news in India

Jaipur: The tour of India in Jaipur, on a hot morning in Mecca, signs Facebook’s Whatsapp messaging service, pulls an open truck painted in lime-green colors in a dusty lane, where five men spread and start doing a sketch .

This program is part of a larger ground effort than WhatsApp, which has served millions of people in the country, where 200 million people use the service anywhere in the world.

Actors soon crowd, because the drama reveals that by spreading online misconceptions, mob violence can be provoked, especially in rural areas where caste and religious bias go deep.

In India, citing an example of an inexplicable lesson broadcast on Whats, one says, “Our society is better than them and this is the reason that you should hate them.” “If you are indeed one of us, spread this message.”

The purpose of such texts, pictures and videos is to sow the dispute and warn the other, because in the capital of Rajasthan’s western desert state, the audience is told how to identify forwarded messages and use WhatsApp responsibly.

Data portal IndiaSpend says that the drive follows intense governmental pressure to fight fake news and rumors for both Facebook and WhatsApp, which has created more than 30 deaths in about 70 inflection attempts since January 2017.

The campaign is not altruistic altogether. It is being run in collaboration with Reliance Jio, the fast-growing telecommunications carrier is controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, who has recently made Whatsapp available on $ 20 Geophone.

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