Combate a Fakenews | Public Institutions

This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of UN Member States against the COVID-19 pandemic along with other digital government initiatives and provide a preliminary analysis of their main features. These cases are shared for exchange of information so that Member States can learn from each other and possibly create new partnerships.

It consists of a service designed to combat Fake News about health. It is a WhatsApp number for sending messages from the population. It is worth mentioning that the channel will not be a customer service or answer questions from users, but an exclusive space to receive viral information, which will be investigated by the technical areas and officially answered if they are true or false.
Any citizen will be able to send free messages with images or texts that they have received on social networks to confirm that the information proceeds, before continuing to share. The number is (61) 99289-4640

Country

Brazil

Institution

Ministry of Health