Research note: Tiplines to uncover misinformation on encrypted platforms: a case study of the 2019 Indian general election on WhatsApp

There is currently no easy way to discover potentially problematic content on WhatsApp and other end-to-end encrypted platforms at scale. In this paper, we analyze the usefulness of a crowd-sourced tipline through which users can submit content (“tips”) that they want fact-checked. We compared the t...

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Main Authors: Kazemi, A, Garimella, K, Shahi, GK, Gaffney, D, Hale, SA
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School 2022