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WhatsApp is going out all in its fight against fake news. The app is testing a new feature that places limits on the amount of times a single message can be forwarded, the company announced.
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With the change, WhatsApp will restrict how many times you can forward a single message. In India, the limit will be five chats; while other countries will be 20. The app will also take out the “quick forward” shortcut that appears alongside media messages.
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WhatsApp stated that this feature was a way to “help keep WhatsApp the way it was designed to be: a private messaging app”. But it’s now dealing with a mounting crisis, caused by the spread of false information throughout its app. In India, where WhatsApp is the leading messaging platform, false info has led to violent outbursts, including several lynchings. The company has taken a more proactive approach of late to reduce the fake news epidemic. While the company can’t monitor the actual content in the messaging app which uses encryption, they’re instead focusing on making it more difficult for problematic messages to go viral from the get-go.
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Kudos, WhatsApp!
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