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WhatsApp limits the number of messages you can forward in bid to fight fake news

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It’s the go-to messaging app for billions of people around the world, but now WhatsApp has introduced a new limit to the number of messages you can forward.

WhatsApp hopes the change will help to curb the spread of misinformation amid the coronavirus pandemic. It explained: “Last year we introduced users to the concept of messages that have been forwarded many times. “These messages are labeled with double arrows to indicate they did not originate from a close contact.

In effect, these messages are less personal compared to typical messages sent on WhatsApp. “We are now introducing a limit so that these messages can only be forwarded to one chat at a time.” While many people use the forwarding function to forward their friends funny

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