New Delhi (CNN Business) WhatsApp has a new strategy for tackling misinformation during India's election: crowdsourcing.

The company is offering its 200 million users in India a new tip line where they can send in messages, pictures or videos they want fact-checked. A "verification center" will respond to the user, indicating whether the information is true, false, misleading or disputed.

The Facebook-owned messaging app has developed the tip line, known as Checkpoint, in partnership with an Indian startup. It will be available in English and four Indian languages — Hindi, Telugu, Bengali and Malayalam.

WhatsApp is hoping to use the new service to broaden its fight against fake news during an election that's viewed as a key test of whether social media platforms can prevent the spread of rumors and hoaxes.

"The challenge of viral misinformation requires more collaborative efforts and cannot be solved by any one organization alone," the company said in a statement on Tuesday.