{"id":23160,"date":"2020-04-07T15:50:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T10:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/whatsapp-limits-frequently-forwarding-messages-to-one-chat-at-a-time\/"},"modified":"2020-04-07T15:50:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T10:20:55","slug":"whatsapp-limits-frequently-forwarding-messages-to-one-chat-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=23160","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp limits frequently forwarding messages to one chat at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>New Delhi:<\/strong> In a bid to curb the flow of misinformation in COVID-19 times, Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday announced to introduce a new limit on frequently forwarding messages where a WhatsApp user can forward such messages to one chat at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This limit kicks in once a message has been previously forwarded five times or more, the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WhatsApp which has over 400 million users in India last year introduced users to the concept of messages that have been forwarded many times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These messages are labeled with double arrows to indicate they did not originate from a close contact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In effect, these messages are less personal compared to typical messages sent on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are now introducing a limit so that these messages can only be forwarded to one chat at a time,&#8221; the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said it bans two million accounts per month for attempting to send bulk or automated messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WhatsApp set global limits on forwarded messages to constrain virality in January last year where it restricted forwarding messaging to five times from an individual or a group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We set limits on forwarded messages to constrain virality which led to a 25 per cent decrease in message forwards globally at the time,&#8221; informed WhatsApp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent weeks, people have also used WhatsApp to organize public moments of support for frontline health workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;However, we&#8221;ve seen a significant increase in the amount of forwarding which users have told us can feel overwhelming and can contribute to the spread of misinformation,&#8221; WhatsApp noted, adding that it&#8221;s important to slow the spread of these messages down to keep WhatsApp a place for personal conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WhatsApp is working with NGOs and governments, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and over 20 national health ministries, to help connect people with accurate information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has also announced the WhatsApp Coronavirus Information Hub. (IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: In a bid to curb the flow of misinformation in COVID-19 times, Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday announced to introduce a new limit on frequently forwarding messages where a WhatsApp user can forward such messages to one chat at a time. This limit kicks in once a message has been previously forwarded five times [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}