WhatsApp limits "Forwarding" to 5 - attempt to kerb fake news

[Zak33]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-f...2F+Top+News%29

“We’re imposing a limit of five messages all over the world as of today,” Victoria Grand, vice president for policy and communications at WhatsApp, said at an event in the Indonesian capital.

I assume that's 5 total...not 5 per day?

[Ttaskmaster]

I assume that's 5 total...not 5 per day?

I've re-read it several times, and I have a different opinion each time.
I assume you can only forward any one message 5 times, ever.

I don't think I've ever forwarded anything on WhatsApp anyway. I've just copied text, pics and links, pasting as and when needed. I assume that would bypass the 'forward' thing, as you're effectively sending a new one, just with the same text pasted in as the previous 5, 10, 20, whatever.

I dunno..... I'm more worried about WhatsForDinner at the moment!

[Hoonigan]

What about people like myself, who are part of a lot of big WhatsApp groups where we share "material" between ourselves? Things like the digger driver in the Travelodge yesterday. I've sent clips of that all over the place on WhatsApp.

[peterb]

And yet nothing on the WhatsApp web site...

[Ttaskmaster]

What about people like myself, who are part of a lot of big WhatsApp groups where we share "material" between ourselves?

I assume posting something to a group constitutes one message...?

[Zak33]

i have no idea... but I think we will find out soon !!!