April 8, 2020 10:00 am
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/4/8/21212110/whatsapp-forward-limit-encryption-apple-imessage-signal
How WhatsApp is making it more expensive to spread misinformation
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
We always have at least some reason to worry about the spread of misinformation, but we worry more about misinformation during a public health crisis. We are generally not well informed on public health issues even in good times, and so the emergence of new disease to which the human race has no natural immunity presents an incredible target for bad actors.
For example, if for whatever reason you are opposed to new 5G cellular networks, you could go on social networks and make a lot of posts suggesting that 5G networks are making the spread of the virus worse. Or you could say that 5G itself is causing COVID-19. Or you could say that the pandemic itself is a hoax, and that talk of a virus is intended to cover up the installation of 5G...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/4/8/21212110/whatsapp-forward-limit-encryption-apple-imessage-signal
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