WhatsApp on Tuesday put in new limits on message sharing as the role of an effort to prevent the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
The new policy restricts users to sharing specific messages to one “chat” at a time, attempting to limit the unexpected propagation of content that is evocative but likely to be inaccurate. The Facebook started messaging forum said it took the action to facilitate people to focus on personal and personal information during the health emergency.
In last few weeks, “we’ve noticed a substantial boost in the quantity of forwarding which users have told us can feel irresistible and can participate to the spread of misinformation, it’s published in a WhatsApp blog post.
As the WhatsApp is widely used across the world. As a sharing application, sharing of false information about the COVID-19 can lead to the major pandemic across the globe , by apply these sanctions will help the authorities to limit the misinformation about covid-19.
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Do not believe on the shared information, if you are wondering for the correct information , reach the WHO officials website, or CDC for the local stats visit the official website of Pakistan shared by the ministry of information technology.
