Facebook Messenger is going to have a last-minute measure imposed due to COVID-19, those at Facebook finally understanding that it is time to act to protect all people. Facebook Messenger is going to have a limit imposed on the number of people to whom messages received from other people can be forwarded, and this in order to prevent the mass spread of false information through the messaging platform.
Facebook Messenger it is, like WhatsApp, a platform that is used very often by various groups of ill-intentioned people to generate panic among the population of many countries. Considering that Facebook Messenger doesn't want to take tougher measures to protect people, even this is a pretty good one, being already implemented in WhatsApp for a very long time, certainly without any real effect to solve the problem.
Facebook Messenger: LAST MINUTE measure due to COVID-19
Facebook Messenger it should have implemented a functionality that we see in testing at WhatsApp, that is, an option to search through Google Search for information from received messages, to see the truth. Such functionality is being tested in WhatsApp to really reduce the spread of false information, and the measure is much better than the one we see brought to Facebook Messenger from WhatsApp, which is useless.
Facebook Messenger is working on limiting the amount of threads a message can be forwarded at a time, in order to add frictions on misinformation pic.twitter.com/qRZcE0t4w6
- Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) March 21, 2020
Facebook Messenger it never implemented the measures that were really needed for people, and what we see now is a continuation of this bad policy that Facebook has had for years. It seems that things are not exactly going in the right direction for those who use Facebook Messenger, and this is because they still remain prey for those who want to distribute more and more false information to create panic.
Facebook Messenger it has this function for now in the testing process, and it remains to be seen when it could be officially launched for all those who use the application in everyday life for messaging.
