Many initiatives by the giants of the Web to overcome this moment of international crisis due toepidemic of Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Now it also comes Whatsapp who announced some new products dedicated precisely to helping people communicate, a fundamental factor on this occasion.
One of the initiatives promoted by Whatsapp takes the name of Coronavirus Information Hub: it is a partnership with theOMS / WHO, UNICEFis UNDP providing an Internet page that contains a guide designed for health workers, educators, mayors and other local authorities, NGOs, governments and local businesses.
In this way it will be possible to improve your communication by exploiting Whatsapp. On the site you can find useful tips and information that are based exclusively on reliable and authoritative sources. The aim is to try to stem the phenomenon of fake news and unverified news that could cause a lot of damage if circulated.
There will also be the possibility of creating dedicated lines to receive information from WHO / WHO, UNICEF and health authorities in various parts of the world. In addition, the information will also be available in the Coronavirus Information Hub.
WhatsApp donates money and increases infrastructure capacity
The Italian directives have highlighted the need to communicate people who can no longer see themselves as happened before the epidemic. Whatsapp remarked how calls is messages have increased by 20% compared to a year ago. To support this increase, it was necessary to double the capacity of the servers considering that in the rest of the world we could also witness a similar scenario.
Also the Facebook-owned company announced the $ 1 million donation to the IFCN (acronym for International Fact-Checking Network) which will allow to avoid or reduce the spread of false news in the name of #CoronaVirusFacts Alliance (which currently brings together 100 organizations in 45 countries).
Thanks to the donation, people can be trained to use WhatsApp Business (including its API). In this period already more than 12 law enforcement organizations fake news they came up Whatsapp and the aim is to increase its number and effectiveness.
