Seeking to scotch rumours and identify fake news on social media platform WHATSAPP, a team of experts at a city-based institution is working on developing an application that may be able to tell you whether a message is fake or not.
Rumours on WhatsApp have sparked off a spate of incidents involving mob fury, including one where five men were lynched on the suspicion of being child-lifters in Maharashtra’s Rainpada village.
For example, if a message is received, there will be colour codes that will indicate the authenticity. A green might indicate that it is legitimate content, yellow colour might indicate that the system is not able to decode it, while red might indicate that it is definitely fake content, he said.