WhatsApp and NASSCOM Foundation has partnered to deliver digital literacy training to curb fake news, propaganda and misinformation menace before Lok Sabha Elections 2019
Technology:
WhatsApp, a
Facebook-possessed texting stage, has joined forces with the social
arm of National Association of Software and Services Companies
(NASSCOM) to convey computerized proficiency preparing. Expecting to
control counterfeit news, purposeful publicity and deception threat
on its stage, the preparation is assessed to contact roughly 1,00,000
individuals before the Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
“We are eager to grow our associations with common society to progress significant advanced education abilities that can help battle deception share on WhatsApp. This preparation instructs individuals all through India to be aware of the messages they get and to confirm the actualities before sending,” said Abhijit Bose, Head of India, WhatsApp.
The main group of preparing is booked to begin from March 27 in Delhi, trailed by workshops for agents from provincial and urban areas, and roadshows and connections in different universities. NASSCOM Foundation, on its part, will give volunteers to be prepared, who might later impart their figuring out how to no less than three additional individuals, satisfying the NASSCOM Foundation order of ‘Every One Teach Three’ battle. These volunteers will likewise post their takeaways from workshops on their web based life handles to expand the range of their learnings.
Aditi Mehta 