WhatsApp announced Message forwarding restriction to check rumors and fake news
Latest WhatsApp Updates In an attempt to manage the spread of fake news and rumors that are alleged to have triggered a series of horrific lynching incidents, Whatsapp recently announced some new features in the app. These include: The number of people whom you can forward a message has been limited to 20. This means that from a single account a message can be forwarded only 20 times. Post that forwarding option will be disabled for that message. In India, where people forward more videos, messages and photos as compared to other countries this restriction has been set a lower limit of 5 forwards . In addition the Tech Giant also alleged to remove the quick forward button next to media messages. Whatsapp has added a feature that enabled users to forward multiple chats at once, a few years ago. Earlier in the month of July this year, Whatsapp launched a ‘ forward label’ to identify if the message is original or has been forwarded. These latest What...