10-07-2018 21:10 via theverge.com

WhatsApp will now label forwarded messages

WhatsApp is now labeling its forwarded messages, in a move that the company hopes will curb some of the app’s viral misinformation problems.
In a blog post published earlier today, WhatsApp announced the new label, which will indicate when a message has been forwarded to someone from another user. The label will apply to text, image, video and audio messages, according to Poynter.“This extra context will help make one-on-one and group chats easier to follow,” the blog reads. &
Read more »