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– Facebook, WhatsApp, encryption and the moderation of fake news (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News September 7, 2017

As WhatsApp has become a key platform for disseminating news and information, for groups of friends and media houses alike, it has also increasingly served as a mechanism for distributing fake news.
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