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March 13, 2019 03:34 pm GMT
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WhatsApp continues fight against fake news with new &8216;search image&8217; feature
WhatsApp is continuing to ramp up the fight against fake news, this time setting its sight on visual misinformation.
The Facebook-owned messaging app is currently testing a new “search image” feature that allows users to easily upload an image found on its platform to Google, according to WABetaInfo. The image tool was discovered in the latest WhatsApp beta for Android.
With the tap of a button, WhatsApp will send a photo from within its application to the search giant. The messaging app will then direct users to a Google search results page that shows “similar or equal images” elsewhere on the web. Read more...
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