WhatsApp Limits Message Forwarding To 5 Recipients To Stop Spread Of Rumour

Date: 22-01-2019 11:14 am (5 years ago) | Author: CLARA JANCITA
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In a bid to curb the spread of fake news on its platform, WhatsApp has announced that it’s limiting the number of times a user can forward a message to five individuals/groups.

According to Reuters, Victoria Grand, vice president for policy and communications at WhatsApp, said at an event in Jakarta:
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“We’re imposing a limit of five messages all over the world as of today.”


WhatsApp had implemented the measure in India in July 2018 after the spread of rumours on social media led to killings and lynching attempts.

From Monday, users who update their app, will no longer be able to forward messages to a maximum of 20 individuals or groups as was the case before.

Posted: at 22-01-2019 11:14 AM (5 years ago) | Hero
- maxzy277 at 22-01-2019 01:16 PM (5 years ago)
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Big lie & fake news... my WhatsApp still forward to 20  people as ever before
Posted: at 22-01-2019 01:16 PM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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