Articles By
Philipe Melo
Can WhatsApp benefit from debunked fact-checked stories to reduce misinformation?
Julio C. S. Reis, Philipe Melo, Kiran Garimella and Fabrício Benevenuto
WhatsApp was alleged to have been widely used to spread misinformation and propaganda during the 2018 elections in Brazil and the 2019 elections in India. Due to the private encrypted nature of the messages on WhatsApp, it is hard to track the dissemination of misinformation at scale.