Facebook Messenger changed the rules for forwarding messages, now…

Facebook Messenger, on the lines of WhatsApp, has imposed limits on the message forwarding process on its platform to prevent the spread of fake news. Now you will be able to forward a message to only 5 people and groups at a time. In 2018, Facebook had brought a similar forwarding limit for WhatsApp in India, which was also expanded to the global market in January last year. However, in April, WhatsApp changed the rules for forwarding messages, announcing that now users can forward messages frequently to a single chat at a time. Apart from this, Messenger app has also recently brought a new privacy feature for iOS devices.

After the forwarding limit in Messenger, now you will be able to forward any message to only five people and groups at a time. If you try to add more than five people to your forwarding list, the app will show you a notification that says “forwarding limit reached.”

Jay Sullivan, director of product management, Messenger Privacy and Safety, said in a blog post Thursday. wrote(translated) “Forwarding limits are an effective way to reduce the spread of viral misinformation and harmful content, the kind of information that has the potential to cause real-world harm.”

Let us tell you, information about this feature was first revealed in March, when it was in the initial testing stage. But now Facebook has started rolling out forwarding limit on Messenger. It will be released in phase manner.

Apart from the forward message limit, the WhatsApp team is also trying to put a limit on frequent forward messages on its platform. Last year, WhatsApp rolled out the label of Frequently Forwarded messages for its Android and iOS apps. At the same time, in April this year, WhatsApp had imposed a limit on frequently forwarded messages, under which users can send a frequently forwarded message to only one person at a time.

It is worth noting that in July, Facebook Messenger received an update with App Lock, in which users can use biometric fingerprint or facial feature to unlock the app.