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WhatsApp, KaKaoTalk make it easy to spread misinformation, especially among immigrant communities

Ashley Nerbovig, Detroit Free Press Comments Off on WhatsApp, KaKaoTalk make it easy to spread misinformation, especially among immigrant communities

Closed and encrypted messaging apps make it cheap and easy for users to send texts and make phone calls. But it's hard for fact checkers to monitor.

      
Ashley Nerbovig, Detroit Free Press
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