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A vendor in New Delhi, India, reads a newspaper with a full back page advertisement from WhatsApp intended to counter fake information on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Prakash Singh \/ AFP\/Getty Images <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WhatsApp took out newspaper ads to combat fake news in India on Tuesday, after rumors sparked the lynching of five men.<\/p>\n

The full-page ads, which ran in English, Hindi and other languages in daily papers, include tips for spotting fake news messages on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n

Readers are advised to check if a message has been forwarded \u2014 WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature to help people identify forwarded messages. Beyond that, the ad urges readers to double check facts, links and photos. There's also a warning about viral messages.<\/p>\n

"Do not pay attention to the number of times you receive the message," it reads. "Just because a message is shared many times, does not make it true."<\/p>\n

WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

India is WhatsApp's largest market, with more than 200 million users<\/a> sending a billion encrypted messages each day.<\/p>\n

Five people were lynched in the western city of Dhule<\/a> on July 1, after WhatsApp was used to spread a rumor that they were child kidnappers.<\/p>\n

Last week, India's justice and information technology minister of India, Ravi Shankar Prasad, tweeted<\/a> that WhatsApp must focus on "security related aspects" of its operations in the country.<\/p>\n

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