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    The Brazilian group scanning WhatsApp for disinformation in run-up to elections

    When a story goes viral, Comprova assigns it to a journalist to investigate if it is fake or not
    by Anna Jean Kaiser in São Paulo Sep 26, 2018 3 minutes
    Teenagers check their mobiles in São Paulo, Brazil, where misinformation can spread fast on social media apps such as WhatsApp and Facebook. Photograph: Andre Penner/AP

    Voting machines rigged by Venezuela; suspicious connections with George Soros; elderly conservatives beaten up by leftwing activists; a candidate’s name spelled out in huge letters across a soy field – these are just a few of the viral WhatsApp and Facebook posts that have been investigated by Comprova, an initiative to fight misinformation in the run-up to Brazil’s presidential elections on 7 October.

    All of the above were deemed “deceitful” – except the soy field, which, to the surprise.

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