To do so, they have expanded their Check platform (developed for recent elections in Mexico and France) and integrated it with the WhatsApp Business API, to receive and respond to messages at scale.

If it is a new rumor, it will take some time for the verification center to determine if it can be verified,' a spokesperson from the company said. 'If it is a known rumor the user will get a quick response. It said Meedan will maintain the database of rumours that will be processed and has developed the technology for verification of rumours. WhatsApp did not specify if it will publically disclose details of the work done and requests processed, if need be. You can now add the shortcut to the home screen, launch it from Spotlight search or even use Siri to launch a chat without adding the contact.WhatsApp said news consultancy Dig Deeper Media, and San Francisco based Meedan, which builds digital tools for verification and fact checking and has worked on projects like Electionland in the US and CrossCheck in France, are helping PROTO in developing the verification and research frameworks for India.

Finally, the fourth action is to launch the browser with the URL.

Don’t forget to replace the 91 in our URL field with your country’s dialing code. In this case, it will be the variable called phone number. In the URL field, enter and follow it up with the variable we assigned above.

For our third action, select the URL option.

This will ensure the phone number, once added in, will be assigned to the specific field. In the second field, select provided input. In this case, it will be called phone number. In the first field, type out the same label as above.

For the second action, you’ll need to set it as a variable. Assign it an easy-to-remember label like phone number.

Once selected, tap the action field and set it to ask for a number.

For the first action, tap add action and search for ask for input.

Head over to the Shortcuts app and create a new shortcut.

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