Letter Published in The National UAE on 24Jan 19 Finally WhatsApp is tackling deadly Indian fake news
I write in reference to your article WhatsApp limits message forwarding to curb rumour spreading (January 22). This was an interesting piece and good to read. After so many lynchings and mob killing across India due to rumours and fake news spread on WhatsApp, the messaging service has now restricted its users from forwarding messages to less than 20 individuals. The mass forwarding of messages was how the fake news so quickly spread and this measure is an important one. I hope that many causalities caused by the spread of misinformation by people new to the technology can now be curtailed. This is a good move from WhatsApp.
K Ragavan, Bengaluru
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