A WhatsApp bot by Poynter Institute will fact-check COVID-19 information for users

After Facebook, the company behind the wildly popular WhatsApp Messenger, provided the non-profit Poynter Institute with a $1 million grant to go towards the latter's CoronaVirusFacts Alliance, Poynter is now launching a WhatsApp bot that aims to let users fact-check coronavirus claims.

As reported by , 80 fact-checking organizations from 74 countries have already helped identify over 4,000 COVID-19 hoaxes since the beginning of this year.

The bot can be reached by saving +1 (727) 2912606 as a contact, or alternatively, opening the following page:

After saying "hi", users ...