{"id":187826,"date":"2022-04-04T12:47:31","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T10:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=187826"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:50:13","slug":"whatsapp-limits-forwarding-messages-deter-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-limits-forwarding-messages-deter-fake-news\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp limits forwarding messages to deter fake news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Previously testing this feature only in Brazil, WhatsApp<\/a> is now rolling out a new update on forwarding message restrictions<\/strong>. Now, users can only send forwarded messages to one group chat<\/strong>. This is to further combat the spread of misinformation and spam <\/strong>via the app. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a popular instant messaging app, WhatsApp can be vulnerable in many ways and be used for the wrong purposes all the time. While it has features like WhatsApp Web\u2019s \u201cCode Verify\u201d<\/a> that secure user privacy, they\u2019re also pretty easy to exploit. Thus, the addition of this new feature will at least deter malicious intent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new limit on forwarded messages is mainly applied to users who received them<\/strong> and to already-forwarded messages. Whether it came from a private chat or a group chat, the user can only send them to one group chat<\/strong>. If you happen to be the origin of the message<\/strong>, though, there\u2019s no limit imposed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This update will be available on both WhatsApp Beta for Android<\/strong> and WhatsApp Beta for iOS<\/strong> in the coming weeks. It\u2019s a great addition to WhatsApp since being able to easily share messages isn\u2019t always a good thing. There\u2019s no news yet on when this will be implemented for WhatsApp for Web and WhatsApp for Desktop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aside from that, other great new beta updates include a new chat bubble<\/strong> that notifies you if the phone number you’ve tapped on is owned by someone with a WhatsApp account and the file size limit<\/a><\/strong> on sharing media on WhatsApp<\/a> is expanding to 2GB<\/strong>. Additionally, there are new WhatsApp voice message features<\/a> being rolled out too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image credit: WABetaInfo<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Previously testing this feature only in Brazil, WhatsApp is now rolling out a new update on forwarding message restrictions. Now, users can only send forwarded messages to one group chat. This is to further combat the spread of misinformation and spam via the app.  As a popular instant messaging app, WhatsApp can be vulnerable in … Continue reading “WhatsApp limits forwarding messages to deter fake news”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9229,"featured_media":187828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2333],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-187826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwhatsapp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324126,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187826\/revisions\/324126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187826"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=187826"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=187826"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=187826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}