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The Facebook-owned service has already been forced to take action in both India and Brazil, where far-right propaganda was shared through private messages far and wide during elections. WhatsApp, owned by Facebook since 2014, has become a key battleground in the war on political disinformation around the world. In the last 18 months, elections in India and Brazil have seen far-right activists sharing false information via the messaging app, with WhatsApp taking direct action to limit the spread of propaganda.with WhatsApp messages urging them to vote against Labour in the election, accusing the party of being "anti-India" and "anti-Hindu".
Moriuchi, now head of strategic threat development at Recorded Future, said one way forward could be the analysis of metadata. Metadata is typically defined as "data about other data", as in this case: timestamps, location, and profile. Moriuchi added: "When the election is so tight, and just a few swing seats could decide the fate of the country, I think it's worth investigating the extent to which these smaller communities are being targeted."The British government's home secretary, Priti Patel, has previously said governments should be allowed to read people's WhatsApp messages, claiming the end-to-end encryption of Facebook's messaging platforms risks hindering police investigations.
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