WhatsApp is additionally restricting the frequency with which a piece of information is shared on its platform to curb the spread of fake information.
WhatsApp will launch this feature to users worldwide on Tuesday. This move depended on the endeavors of WhatsApp since a year ago. Around then, WhatsApp limited users from forwarding a message to in excess of five users simultaneously. The service is utilized by in excess of 2 billion users, and the organization said the move reduced its worldwide message forwarding volume by 25%.
End-to-end encryption on WhatsApp makes it impossible to read the content of the message, so it relies on the metadata of the message to measure the spread of the message. “Are all reposts bad? Of course not,” the company wrote in a blog post.
However, we have seen a significant increase in forwarding volume, and users have told us that forwarding volume will make people feel overwhelmed and will promote the spread of false information. We believe that in order for WhatsApp to continue to be a place for personal conversation, slow down the information The speed of propagation is important.
In recent years, there have been more than a dozen deaths-several of which occurred in India, the largest market for WhatsApp-all related to the “viral” spread of false information on Facebook services.
In recent weeks, while countries around the world are struggling to cope with the New Coronavirus pandemic, Facebook has taken action and adopted a number of measures. Last month, the company announced that it will provide Messenger with free developer tools to combat COVID-19, and launched an information center at the top of the News Feed to display reliable information in a prominent position.
In addition, the company has cooperated with the World Health Organization and other non-profit organizations to establish a helpline and promised to donate millions of dollars. A few days after the World Health Organization’s helpline on Messenger and WhatsApp went online, users have exceeded 10 million. The Indian government also launched a helpline robot on WhatsApp last month.
But Facebook’s enormous influence also attracted scammers. “Unfortunately, scammers may try to exploit people’s vulnerability and generosity during this time,” wrote Stan Chudnovsky, Vice President of Messenger.
WhatsApp has also tested a feature on the beta version of its Android application, allowing users to quickly sort out text or video received on the network to get more context.
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