IFCN launches Whatsapp Chatbot to combat fake news about Corona virus
The Pointer Institute's International Fact Investigation Network (IFCN) on Monday launched a WhatsApp Chatbot designed specifically
New Delhi: The Pointer Institute's International Fact Investigation Network (IFCN) on Monday launched a WhatsApp Chatbot designed specifically to combat misleading information during the Covid-19 epidemic.
Initially it will be available in English only but soon it will be available in other languages ??including Hindi, Spanish and Portuguese.
On this new WhatsApp Chatbot, people can send messages through professional factory checkers whether there is any news related to Covid-19 or not. IFCN's debunked fake news database will be available to the public at +1 (727) 2912606. Since January, more than 80 organizations in 74 countries have uncovered more than 4,000 rumors about the corona virus.
IFCN's chatbot is primarily for distributing fact checks to WhatsApp users and giving them access to research in a debunked fake news database from the Corona virus. In Chatbot, users can check 4000 debunked myths, search by word, find local fact-checkers in their country.