Truecaller Chat Aims to Tackle Fake News, Spam That Plague WhatsApp

Truecaller has launched Truecaller Conversation, an in-app instant messaging characteristic which allows users to chat with their friends and at the aforementioned fourth dimension, help in curbing the spread of fake news. The messaging feature is a communication tool at its core, but information technology also allows users to written report suspicious links which contain misleading data or fake news.

Truecaller Chat will let users to marking website links as spam and written report such letters to prevent the proliferation of fake news. The app'south instant messaging feature is currently in a beta stage and is merely bachelor on Truecaller's Android version.

Truecaller has revealed that Truecaller Chat volition be rolled out publicly in the next few weeks, withal, there is no word whether the feature will make it to the app's iOS version. Truecaller also aims to employ machine learning technology in the future to predict the outbreak of whatsoever viral fake news by assessing the aggregated spam reports.

"Every bit a pace towards decreasing the spread of fake data, we're looking to our community to help written report simulated articles, misinformed blogs, and any type of websites that could pose threats or even cause viruses", the visitor said in an official blog post. Truecaller Chat aims to accept on WhatsApp which has been at the target of regime officials for acting as a medium for the spread of simulated news which has led to multiple acts of violence.

As for other features, Truecaller Chat also comes with an car-switch tool which allows users to switch betwixt SMS and Chat, and back up for sharing media files. From the screenshot available on the official Truecaller blog, it seems that Truecaller Chat will also accept support for sharing location and contacts too as transferring money, merely like WhatsApp.