The feature will work in a simple manner. When you receive a message that contains a link, WhatsApp will analyse the link in order to detect if it may redirect to a fake or alternative website. “When WhatsApp detects a suspicious link, the message is marked with a red label, indicating to you the presence of it. If you decide to open the link, WhatsApp will alert you again that you’re trying to open a possible suspicious link,” the website said.
WhatsApp has also announced unrestricted research rewards of up to $50,000 for proposals from social scientists and research groups that propose projects to “enrich” the company’s understanding of the fake news problem. The move followed a July 1 incident in which an angry mob killed a group of five people who came to Maharashtra’s Dhule district to beg. Since June 2017, at least 31 people across 10 states in India have been killed by mobs because of misinformation distributed through forwarded WhatsApp messages.