WhatsApp began a test in July of limiting the number of people users could forward messages to, eventually capping that number at 20 globally and five in India due to both the climate in that country and the fact that people there used its forwarding features the most.
This week, the limit that had been imposed in India was extended globally with the goal of stemming the tide of misinformation and rumors, meaning all users of the Facebook-owned messaging application can only forward messages to five chats simultaneously.
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