Partnerships with fact-checkers: 13 fact-checking organisations in the EU operating in multiple languages are using WhatsApp products (the WhatsApp Business App and/or the WhatsApp Business Platform) to make sure that WhatsApp users have access to accurate information.
The WhatsApp Business app is an optional app and partners may choose to use this tool or not. A reduction in the number of partners using the tool does not necessarily reflect a change in the number of fact-checking partners WhatsApp has in its WhatsApp fact-checking programme.
WhatsApp has a formal fact-checking programme which utilises the WhatsApp Business Platform and has not seen a reduction during this reporting period in the number of partners.
The WhatsApp Business app is an optional app and partners may choose to use this tool or not.
Directory of fact-checking organisations using WhatsApp products (WhatsApp Business App and/or WhatsApp Business Platform) during the period of this report]:
- France:
- 20 Minutes (French)
- AFP France (French)
- AFP Africa (English)
- France24 (French)
- Germany
- CORRECTIV (German)
- AFP Faktencheck (German)
- dpa Faktencheck (German)
- Greece
- Italy
- Pagella Politica / Facta (Italian)
- Portugal
- Spain
- EFE Verifica (Spanish)
- Maldita (Spanish)
- Newtral (Spanish)