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WhatsApp rolls out message forwarding limitation globally to help curb false news

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WhatsApp will start to limit your ability to forward messages to as many as five recipients only from today. The measure was initiated in India last July as part of efforts to combat fake news.
WhatsApp began to limit the number of times users can forward a message in India last July as part of a broader crackdown on fake news. This was prompted by fatal violence that led to the death of one man and other injuries in the country at that time due to false information that spread through the platform.
Today, the Facebook-owned service announced that it will bring that restriction to all of its users worldwide.

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