

Even if a message is shared many times, this doesn’t make it true. When a message is forwarded from one user to another more than five times, this is indicated with a double arrow icon. The issue is more important now, since the national elections are coming up and political parties are actively using the platform to spread their propaganda. Messages with the ‘Forwarded’ label help you determine if your friend or relative wrote the message or if it originally came from someone else, WhatsApp said. My colleague Abhimanyu and I can confirm that it’s fairly common in India for complete strangers to add you to their groups without your permission. WhatsApp’s new privacy feature to prevent anyone from adding you to a group without permission – Anyone (Anyone can add you to a group without an invitation)If you value your privacy, you’ll want to select either of the first two options. – My contacts (only your contacts can add you to a group without an invitation)

– Nobody (this prevents anyone from adding you to a group without an invitation) The first one will prompt the user adding you to first send an invitation that you can approve:

It’s finally rolled out a fix for that, in the form of a new setting that lets you choose who can add you to group chats – and thankfully, there’s also a way to put a stop to this nonsense entirely. Create your template and submit it to the Meta team for review. WhatsApp’s group conversations can be awfully annoying when you’re dragged into them without your consent. Create templates and submit for approval Your mass message cannot be in free form.
