WhatsApp to limit message forwarding to handle fake news

WhatsApp has decided to bring in changes to its limit on forwarding messages in order to tackle fake news. This is on back of surge in forward messages during the COVID-19 outbreak. As per new rules, after a single message has been forwarded more than five times users will only be able to forward it on to a single chat at a time instead of five.

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