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The database is updated daily by the IFCN so chatbot users can access its most relevant and recent content on their smartphones.\u00a0 The IFCN’s chatbot also provides users with a global directory of fact-checking organizations. The system is capable of identifying the user’s country via the mobile country code and then sharing the nearest fact-checking organizations. Anyone can submit information for review directly to local fact-checkers or visit their website to learn more about misinformation circulating in the region. \u201cHundreds of millions of users rely on WhatsApp to stay in touch with their friends and families every day,\u201d said IFCN director Baybars Orsek. \u201cSince bad actors use every single platform to disseminate falsehoods, to mislead others during such troubling times, fact-checkers\u2019 work is more important than ever.\u201d\u00a0 IFCN’s chatbot is free to use. Users can save +1 (727) 2912606 as a contact number and text the word \u201chi\u201d to launch the chatbot. They can also click poy.nu\/ifcnbot to get started. The chatbot has a simple, short and numerical menu. Users will only need to text numbers to navigate it. Initially, the IFCN’s chatbot will be available only in English, but other languages, including Hindi and Spanish, and additional functionalities will follow soon. \u201cWhatsApp recently provided a grant to Poynter\u2019s IFCN to support the valuable work of its verified signatories around the world in combating COVID-19 misinformation,\u201d said Ben Supple, public policy manager and global election lead at WhatsApp. \u201cWe are very pleased to now be able to support IFCN\u2019s essential fact-checking work with the launch of this important service for WhatsApp users.\u201d The IFCN chatbot was built on the WhatsApp Business API using Turn.io technology, the impact tool for WhatsApp. Co-founder of Turn.io Gustav Praekelt said: \u201cProviding this service in collaboration with WhatsApp and IFCN provides an invaluable service to countries, communities and citizens in real-time and at scale \u2014 empowering them to not only fact-check or question information but to play a role in debunking false information.\u201d This article was republished per Dubawa’s membership with the IFCN coronavirus alliance, with the original available here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[435],"tags":[998,562,726,130,347,252,488,484,235],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[873],"class_list":["post-4920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-chatbot","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-fact-checking","tag-featured","tag-hoax","tag-ifcn","tag-press-release","tag-whatsapp"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-1hm","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":873,"user_id":10,"is_guest":0,"slug":"dubawa","display_name":"Dubawa","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f70a877f6d81734de0ca299eabb33d20687f41f5a4cb83ae8d754fc9412ee293?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":"Strengthening Investigative Journalism for the fight against corruption in Nigeria."}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/add-this-number-1.png?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4920"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=4920"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=4920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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