WhatsApp Places Further Limits on Forwarded Messages to Curb Covid-19 Misinformation

Those that have been shared five times already can only be passed on to one chat at a time

WhatsApp is limiting the ability to forward messages in an effort to cut off the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic.

Once a message has previously been forwarded five times, it can only be forwarded to one chat at a time, effective Tuesday.

The Facebook-owned messaging application set a limit in January 2019, saying at the time that messages could only be forwarded to five chats at a time.

Messages that have been forwarded several times are also labeled with double arrows to indicate that they did not originate from close contacts.

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