WhatsApp update for Android to allow blocking messages forwarded more than 5 times

WhatsApp is not done with its efforts in clamping down on misinformation and fake news in India. The Facebook-owned company has already set its agenda to facilitate the government in weeding out instigative fake news, the results of which were first seen with the modulation to the message forwarding feature. WhatsApp is now broadening its preventive measures by prohibiting users from forwarding select messages.

According to WABetaInfo, the reliable source of everything related to WhatsApp, the beta version 2.19.97 for Android brings a new setting within group chats that lets the admin block messages that have been “frequently forwarded” on the platform. In the earlier beta version 2.19.86 for Android (and beta version 2.19.40.23 for iOS), WhatsApp started labelling forwarded messages on the basis of the number of times they were being forwarded to chats.