Facebook-owned WhatsApp is doing
everything possible to fight fake news. The company recently introduced improved
privacy settings for groups and now it is testing a new feature for WhatsApp
groups. We are sure you had enough of those unwanted and unwelcome religious
messages too and then there are the jokes on your WhatsApp family and friends
groups.
According to WABetaInfo,
WhatsApp is testing the feature in an Android beta version of the application.
The feature stops “Frequently
Forwarded Messages” from being sent to a group, and is aimed at combating fake
news.
“This option will be available in
future in Group Settings, and only administrators can see and edit it. If you
are an admin and you don’t like this feature, you can choose to keep it
disabled,” stated the report.
“When the feature is enabled,
nobody will be able to send a frequently forwarded message in the group. Yes,
obviously a user can copy the frequently forwarded message, sending it as a new
message, but this action will slow the process.”
A message is frequently forwarded
when it has been forwarded +5 times.
