WhatsApp Channels are growing fast in India,’ says product head of messaging giant

WhatsApp’s efforts to tackle misinformation in India and abroad include its newly rolled out features such as Channels and Meta AI, an AI virtual assistant integrated with the platform.

“We actually think Channels can be really powerful for handling misinformation by helping make sure that there are authoritative sources of information in the app,” Alice Newton-Rex, head of product at WhatsApp, told indianexpress.com in a roundtable organised for mediapersons in Delhi on Friday, September 6.