Facebook's WhatsApp Limits Message Forwarding to Slow the Spread of Covid-19 Misinformation

With COVID-19 misinformation rapidly spreading through social media and messaging apps, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB)-owned WhatsApp is limiting the ability for users to forward chats. 

In a blog post, WhatsApp said its expanding global measures it already had in place so that only one message can be forwarded to one chat at a time. WhatsApp said it has seen a "significant" increase in the amount of forwarding on its messaging platform and that it could contribute to the spread of misinformation. "We believe it's important to slow the spread of these messages down to keep WhatsApp a place for personal conversation," WhatApp said in the post.

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