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(Reuters) – Facebook Inc's WhatsApp is launching a test to limit the speed of travel to the US, the message is said on Thursday, after Indian authorities sought to spread rumors that have led to violent incidents.
The WhatsApp app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture taken September 15, 2017. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Illustration
Mob lynchings triggered by false incendiary messages in India, WhatsApp's biggest market with more than 200 million users Providing information to prevent the circulation of false texts and provocative content. It also caused a public relations nightmare.
In India, WhatsApp said bit.ly/2uPNKYa it will also test a lower limit of five cats – individual or group cats – at a time and remove the quick forward button next to media messages.
The move is likely to be deterrent to mass forwarding of messages. Indians forward more messages, photos and videos, according to WhatsApp.
Earlier this month, WhatsApp in response to a call from India's technology ministry, said it required a partnership with the government in general to curb the spread of false information on its platform.
WhatsApp last week published ads in key Indian newspapers to tackle the spread of misinformation, its first such effort to fight a flurry of fake messages.
The messaging service has been given to the public, and it is intended
So far this year, false messages about child abductors on WhatsApp have triggered mass beatings of more than a dozen people in India and some of whom have died.
Reporting by Rishika Chatterjee and Krishna V Kurup in Bengaluru; Editing by Gopakumar Warrior
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