Showing posts with label WhatsApp Can Block Users Who Often Spread Hoaxes. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

WhatsApp Can Block Users Who Often Spread Hoaxes

Message sharing applications such as WhatsApp are often misused to spread hoaxes or hoaxes. WhatsApp will take firm action such as deleting an account if a user is found using the platform to spread hoaxes.

"WhatsApp can't see the contents of the message. So the most likely thing is to see their behavior," Deputy Director of WhatsApp Public Policy and Communication, Victoria Grand, said at a press conference in Jakarta on Monday (1/21).

WhatsApp was originally designed as a personal communication platform, different from Facebook, which is positioned as a social network. WhatsApp does provide groups, the number of its members can currently reach hundreds of people per group.

To maintain security on WhatsApp, they added an end-to end encryption feature, in the form of a security system so that only the sender and recipient of the message can read the message. This encryption is installed on WhatsApp so that the message is not hacked during the trip from the sender to the recipient. WhatsApp can't see messages that are on the platform, but they can detect behavior.

If WhatsApp detects abnormal behavior and leads to negative activity, WhatsApp doesn't hesitate to delete the account. "The account in question will be banned," he said.