WhatsApp tightens sharing limits to curb virus misinformation

Energy Daily

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San Francisco (AFP) April 7, 2020

WhatsApp on Tuesday placed new limits on message forwarding as part of an effort to curb the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. The new policy limits users to forwarding certain messages to one "chat" at a time, aiming to limit the rapid propagation of content that is provocative but likely to be false. The Facebook-owned messaging platform said it took the action t

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