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By: Jumoke Olasoji A chat-messaging platform owned by Facebook has announced the launch of a new feature on its product globally . This improvement feature allows users differentiate when a message has been forwarded and not originally written by the sender. This development is in response to calls from around the world on the brand on the need to curb the spread of fake news on its platform, WHATSAPP stated via its official blog on Tuesday . WHATSAPP had recently received a notice from Indian government to take immediate measures to tackle misuse of its platform. The statement reads further; “Starting today, WhatsApp will indicate which messages you receive, have been forwarded to you.This extra context will help make one-on-one and group chats easier to follow,”   “It also helps you determine if your friend or relative wrote the message they sent or if it originally came from someone else.  “To see this new forwarded label, you need to ha...