In India, following deaths across due to false information in social media - Whatsapp . Whatsapp will grant Award worth
$50,000 to those researchers who study across social media platforms for how misinformation and propaganda news spread across social media platforms.
WhatsApp highlighted those who exploring issues that are related to misinformation on WhatsApp gives a competitive set of awards to researchers in the first phase of in his program.
WhatsApp said in a statement - for independent research proposals that are designed to be shared with WhatsApp, Facebook, and wider scholarly and policy communities for this Whatsapp Awards will provide . In this Programme researcher should develop conceptual tools, gather and analyze data, and/or investigate relevant issues.
Their data and analyses will retain all intellectual property rights. In these countries like India, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico and others where WhatsApp is a prominent medium of communication. whatsapp said it will give preference for conducted research.