WhatsApp should release groups with more than 1000 participants soon

The amount of members in WhatsApp groups may increase soon. According to the WABetaInfo portal, which always publishes news about application most used message exchange in the world, the number of participants per group should increase from 256 to 1,024. The information was released last Sunday, 9.

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Increased number of members per group on WhatsApp

There is still no official release date for the new release. The feature was observed only in the test versions for Android and iOS. In addition, if the number of members per group in the messenger is actually implemented in the official version, this feature should only be made available in Brazil after the elections.

The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) and Meta, which is the company responsible for WhatsApp, have teamed up to combat the spread of fake news (fake news) in the country, considering that a lot of false information is passed on massively through messenger chats during the period electoral.

The feature is being rolled out gradually.

The increase in the number of members per group on WhatsApp is being released gradually, even for beta testers. WABetaInfo also indicated that there is a possibility that the feature will only be tested in some countries. If you are a tester, check if there are any app updates pending for you.

Expansion of the number of members can be worrying

As we mentioned earlier, these “chat rooms” are used as one of the ways to spread information quickly and in large quantities. For that reason, some experts are concerned that the very high increase in participants per group could greatly worsen the spread of misinformation.

If the update is actually applied, the flow of distribution of materials of all kinds could impact the amount of inappropriate and untruthful content on the internet. Care must be taken with what is consumed.