This article from the publication CIO Magazine highlights how the company Whatsapp chose to limit the forwarding of messages due to widespread misinformation about COVID-19. This stands out particularly for regions in which there is heavy reliance on mobile phone applications and social media for news and information sharing.
https://www.cio.co.ke/whatsapp-limits-forwarded-messages-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/, 11 June 2020, "Whatsapp limits forwarding of messages during COVID-19 pandemic", contributed by Wambui Wamunyu , Research Data Share, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 11 June 2020, accessed 26 April 2024. https://www.researchdatashare.org/content/whatsapp-limits-forwarding-messages-during-covid-19-pandemic
Critical Commentary
This article from the publication CIO Magazine highlights how the company Whatsapp chose to limit the forwarding of messages due to widespread misinformation about COVID-19. This stands out particularly for regions in which there is heavy reliance on mobile phone applications and social media for news and information sharing.