WhatsApp expands message forwarding limit worldwide to contain spread of fake news

Fake news has become an issue in recent years on social media platforms big and small around the globe, but WhatsApp encountered probably the greatest difficulties out there in properly dealing with the spread of misinformation.

The Facebook-owned instant messaging service, which reportedly became the world’s most popular mobile app late last year, introduced a number of changes and limitations to the forwarding option around six months ago.

Meant to bring that “feeling of intimacy” back to WhatsApp users, the revisions were initially billed as a work in progress, with “tests” ...

Monday, 21 January 2019 GSM ARENA GSMArena.com