Obviously, even the service providers themselves are afraid of the spreading power of online communities.(Jingjing.jpg). Facebook has previously imposed a global limit on the number of forwardings on its WhatsApp, hoping to curb the spread of fake news. Apparently such restrictions seem to actually work well? So Facebook also thought of providing similar functions to its own messaging software – after all, Facebook Messenger is more cross-device/multi-device use than WhatsApp, so the probability of being abused by intentional people should be higher, right? Continue reading Facebook Messenger also wants to limit the forwarding of reports to curb the spread of false information.
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Facebook Messenger also wants to limit the spread of false information by limiting forwarding
According to Facebook’s official blog, they want to ensure that users have a safer and more private messaging experience, so they have introduced a new limit to the Facebook Messenger messaging service that can only forward messages to a maximum of 5 users/groups at a time. We hope this can effectively slow down the spread of false information and harmful information that may cause real-life harm.
▲Picture: Facebook app was also imported previouslyOld news reminder function, this time the forwarding restriction can also be regarded as one of the ways to clamp down on the communication effect.
This is considered Technology manufacturers such as GoogleThe main issues we have to face in the 2020 epidemic prevention year. After all, most people’s fear of the epidemic can easily be exploited by those with malicious intentions. The speed and breadth of false information spreading through the community are likely to cause real problems. On the other hand, similar operations are likely to be used as tools to influence elections.
However, it must be said that unless it is really possible to detect false information through non-human review methods such as AI, and alert users through the application that the information they are about to forward may be false (it is recommended to think twice before taking action, after all, we must maintain Internet freedom). Otherwise, the current forwarding restriction feels like it can only temporarily clamp down on the speed. On the one hand, interested parties should be able to easily find solutions to rapid dissemination. On the other hand, the forwarding of real messages may not be effectively clarified due to such restrictions, which will make everything more unbalanced. Of course, this is just a possibility. I sincerely hope that this problem can be solved after major technology companies face it.
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