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Organic spread of disinformation, not advertising, is and always has been the greater disinfo threat on social media. And very glad to see WhatsApp covered here too ... that risk has been flying under the radar for far too long. https://twitter.com/sabrod123/status/1305484204503904256
WhatsApp spread disinformation fueled violence in India, for example: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-e5043092-f7f0-42e9-9848-5274ac896e6d
WhatsApp was also a source of misinformation during the most recent Kenyan elections: https://qz.com/africa/1033181/whatsapp-and-facebook-are-driving-kenyas-fake-news-cycle-ahead-of-august-elections/
Facebook knows that this is an issue, and has implemented features to try to slow spread of misinformation on WhatsApp: https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/04/whatsapp-pilot-search-the-web-fight-spread-of-misinformation/
But, as the article at the top of this thread suggests, it's not clear that is sufficient to address the scope of the problem.
But, as the article at the top of this thread suggests, it's not clear that is sufficient to address the scope of the problem.
