WhatsApp to give researchers USD 50,000 to study its fake news epidemic
7 July 2018 11:59 AM IST
All data from award research efforts will be owned by the researcher, and need not be shared with WhatsApp.
Additional DGP Pallab Bhattacharya said that they have succeeded in identifying the Ulfa (I) rebel who was sending the extortion notices as WhatsApp message wa followed by a call which originated from Myanmar.
WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook are having a tough time battling fake news on the platform and now the messaging platform is taking some outside help.
WhatsApp is offering researchers up to USD 50,000 in grants to study fake news on the platform and also find ways to detect problematic content, Engadget reported.
However, amidst the whole process of analysing content, WhatsApp won't provide any data and all study results will be owners by the researchers.
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