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.

PhotoUsing the IFCN bot on WhatsApp, the network said in a statement that people around the world would be able to easily know if the information they received about the Covid-19 was accurate. The boat is available for free, IFCN said.

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.

PhotoNow all this information has become a corona virus fact database. This database is updated daily by IFCN so that users can easily access its content. IFCN Director Beyarbars Orsak said users can search for debunked news with the help of chatbots.

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.

File photoToday the whole world is fighting with corona virus. Everyone is trying to control it in their own way. At present, corona has become a special subject. Scientists are pushing hard to develop a vaccine, but it is not yet known when it will be ready.