To prevent Corona virus-related rumors, messaging app WhatsApp has put restrictions on forwarding messages 'repeatedly'.

According to WhatsApp, the messages that are being 'forwarded repeatedly' will now be able to forward one chat at a time to the user.

These changes have come into effect from today.

WhatsApp, which has been forwarded five times in the past, will put those messages in the list of 'Frequent Forward'.

Such messages will be shown on WhatsApp with two arrows which means that these are not the original messages.

WhatsApp will not treat these messages as private messages. This is not the first time that WhatsApp has taken steps to stop messages being forwarded.

In the year 2018, WhatsApp had limited this feature to only sending messages to five people simultaneously, restricting the forwarding of forward messages.

At that time many misinformation were being shared on WhatsApp in India and people were beaten to death in many places on the basis of these.

Six months later, in January 2019, this limited ban was implemented worldwide.

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