Why WhatsApp notifies you if a message is being forwarded

If from this Friday you transfer a text, photo, video or audio from a WhatsApp contact to another person, your recipient will see the following message next to the content and in cursive: "Transferred ".

And if you're redirected something, you'll see the same opinion.

This is a new step that has just implemented the most used messaging platform in the world for the purpose of fighting spam [1965910]] and false news a problem that worries more and more.

In addition, will prevent users from transmitting messages to more than 20 groups at the same time. The exception will be India, the largest business market, where the limit will be five years, after this year there were several lynchings of people as a result of rumors circulated throughout the year. Application . Three tips to help you detect if a new is false

With this system, WhatsApp aims to facilitate the identification of message strings and to let the recipient know if the information received is false. Original:

"Private Messaging"

"A few years ago, we added a feature so that WhatsApp allows you to forward a message to multiple chats at once," said the company. blog.

"Today, we have launched a test for limiting transmission that will apply to all people who use WhatsApp."

"We believe that these changes, which we will continue to evaluate, will help maintain the original design of WhatsApp so that it remains a private courier application ," the company said.

To have this new feature, users should have the latest version of the application for iOS (Apple) and Android devices.

This is one of four new policies that WhatsApp wants to implement this year. It is also planned to create a new payment system, and offer the ability to make group video calls, as well as stickers or stickers to decorate the messages.

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Limitations

While it is true that you will see on the screen that the message has been transferred, you will not be able to see who created the content

Moreover, the system does not alert you if your own message has been transmitted although this may change in future updates because the company said that it would continue to "improve" the application. Copyright of the image
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But the new option only works if the user sends the message using the "Forward" function (which appears by clicking on the message). If the text is copied and pasted directly, the system can not detect if it was transmitted

Images can also be transferred using the option "copy / paste" , but not the audios. "We built WhatsApp to be a simple, safe and reliable way to communicate with friends and family," reads on his website.

"As we add new features, we have taken the precaution of trying to maintain that sense of privacy that people say they like."

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