JAKARTA—Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp is limiting worldwide the number of times a user can forward a message to five, starting on Jan. 21, as the popular messaging service looks to fight “misinformation and rumors,” company executives said on Monday.
Previously, a WhatsApp user could forward a message to 20 individuals or groups. The limit of five is in expansion of a measure WhatsApp put in place in India in July after the spread of rumors on social media led to killings and lynching attempts.
