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		</div><p>A new fact-checking service has launched on WhatsApp, allowing people to check if specific claims around coronavirus have been debunked.</p>
<p>The Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has added a chatbot to the messaging app, which users can ask to show them the latest false claims about Covid-19 which have been rated as false.</p>
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<p>Chatbots are artificial intelligence-powered tools which can automatically reply to questions and quickly provide the information requested by a user.</p>
<p>The IFCN chatbot will inform users globally of their local professional fact-checking service and direct them to it, as well as offer guidance on how to fight misinformation.</p>
<p>The UK Government has previously also launched a chatbot offering health information and guidance around the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>
<p>Social media platforms have introduced a number of new features in an attempt to stop the spread of disinformation linked to Covid-19, but remain under scrutiny from governments and organisations globally to do more to prevent such content appearing online.</p>
<p>IFCN director Baybars Orsek said: “Billions of users rely on WhatsApp to stay in touch with their friends and families every month.</p>
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<p>“Since bad actors use every single platform to disseminate falsehoods, to mislead others during such troubling times, fact-checkers’ work is more important than ever.</p>
<p>“Since January, IFCN’s CoronavirusFacts Alliance has been utilising the capacity of the fact-checking community to help users to sort truth from fiction by debunking falsehoods around the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>
<p>“The IFCN chatbot will allow users to search for fact checks and get connected with fact-checkers in their countries from their smartphones. The chatbot will also serve as a way to direct people to their local fact-checkers’ websites.”</p>
<p>WhatsApp public policy manager and global election lead Ben Supple said: “WhatsApp recently provided a grant to Poynter’s IFCN to support the valuable work of its verified signatories around the world in combating Covid-19 misinformation.</p>
<figure id="attachment_154695" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-154695" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/C8DE9D7A-2F19-4CD1-85F7-DB9AF08FF7DA.png" alt="" width="600" height="965" class="size-full wp-image-154695" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-154695" class="wp-caption-text">The chatbot offers tips on how to combat misinformation</figcaption></figure>
<p>“We are very pleased to now be able to support IFCN’s essential fact-checking work with the launch of this important service for WhatsApp users.</p>
<p>“There are now more than 40 IFCN-verified fact-checkers around the world that are using the WhatsApp Business app to debunk coronavirus hoaxes for citizens in their respective countries.”</p>
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<p>Anyone can use the IFCN chatbot for free by entering the phone number number +1 (727) 2912606 as a contact on their phone and then sending the word “hi” to it on WhatsApp.</p>
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