© Reuters. A 3D printed Whatsapp logo is seen in front of a displayed Facebook logo in this illustration takenMILAN (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:). launched a service in Italy to check the accuracy of information on coronavirus circulating on its messaging platform WhatsApp, the U.S. tech firm said on Thursday.
In a fresh attempt to fight manipulated content, Facebook said it was working with local fact checking service Facta which is analyzing content circulating on WhatsApp, including video, audio or photos.
Users can send content to Facta through a WhatsApp message to check it is authentic.
WhatsApp is the most popular messaging platform in Italy, the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak in Europe.
Traffic on the platform has spiked since the government put the country under lockdown as users turned to social media to keep in touch with relatives and friends.
But the messaging app has also been a vehicle for hoaxes over…
