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WhatsApp will introduce Google search directly into the app to avoid hoaxes. Any user can verify the veracity of the photos received in private chats and groups before forwarding them to other users.
A very common type of hoax is the propagation of photographs of a certain event and a specific date, but associating it with another place and another circumstance for political or manipulation purposes .
WhatsApp fights hoaxes with reverse image search
Following the objectives that Mark Zuckerberg had also set for Facebook, WhatsApp joins the fight against hoaxes and false news. The messaging application will soon include a reverse image search function.
Thanks to this new tool, any user will be able to check if a received image is reliable or just another hoax. Doing the reverse search for those photos on Google can quickly check if they are reliable.
There are, of course, limitations: reverse search on Google is not a complete guarantee, but it is one more step in the fight against fake news.
WhatsApp is an important means of spreading hoaxes
It is increasingly common to find false or biased content on social networks, but WhatsApp has become one of the main "paths of spread" of false news .
This phenomenon is influenced by two important details: on the one hand, the possibility of forwarding the same image thousands of times without even knowing its origin; on the other, the ease of sharing any content with our contacts instantly.
One of WhatsApp's great struggles against hoaxes has to do with images, since they are difficult to analyze and they go viral in a short timeIn practice, any user can create fake news in graphic format and distribute it, creating an unstoppable ripple effect.
Reverse search will be a tool in the hands of users who want to identify if the images received are fake news At the moment of receiving them , or before sharing them again, users will have the option to find out and find on Google what the real origin of that photo is.
