Many countries have banned WhatsApp from time to time to contain spread of fake news. WhatsApp was discontinued in 12 of 65 countries - Turkey, Zimbabwe, Azerbaijan, Qatar, UAE, Bangladesh, China, Morocco, Egypt, China, Saudi Arabia - in 2016 and 2017 over fake news.
Uganda has introduced a social media tax to check online gossip, among other objectives.
According to Harvard University's journalism initiative Nieman Foundation, private groups in Mexico have set up a fact-checking initiative, that tries to intervene in the spread of fake news.
Source: Agency reports