70 percent drop in forwarded messages after WhatsApp rolled out restrictions

Weeks after introducing restrictions on forwarding messages, instant messaging service WhatsApp on Monday said that there has been a drop in the spread of highly forwarded messages on the platform by 70 percent globally.

Weeks after introducing restrictions on forwarding messages, instant messaging service WhatsApp on Monday said that there has been a drop in the spread of highly forwarded messages on the platform by 70 percent globally.

According to TechCrunch, the Facebook-owned service had introduced a restriction earlier this month which allowed users to forward a message to only one user or group at a time.

The previous limit of forwarding messages on WhatsApp was of five users or groups. The restriction was rolled out on April 7 for the 2 billion worldwide users. (ANI)