The world’s largest instant messaging application WhatsApp on Tuesday announced a new feature to stem the flow of misinformation around coronavirus (covid-19).
The new feature will stop users from forwarding viral messages to multiple users. A user will now be able to forward messages to only one chat at a time.
The limit will kick in once a message has been forwarded on the platform five times, after which, a message can be forwarded to either one WhatsApp group or an individual at a time.
Though the feature is being rolled out to curb coronavirus-related rumours through the platform, it will stay permanently. WhatsApp had introduced a feature last year that highlighted forwarded messages by adding a distinct “forwarded" label with two