Back in January last year, WhatsApp announced that it will be limiting the ability to forward messages to just five chats. It was followed by another revision in April this year, restricting message forwards to just one chat at a time. All this was done to curb the spread of fake news, misinformation and whack conspiracy theories such as the one that linked the COVID-19 outbreak to 5G. Today, Facebook has announced a similar initiative that limits the ability to forward messages to just five people or groups at a time on Messenger.
