They're E2E encrypted and you can't selectively decrypt messages without removing the encryption totally in its current form. This inevitably is an argument against encryption.
I asked perhaps an obvious question: Why doesn't WhatsApp just remove misinformation?https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/coronavirus/2020/04/whatsapp-harder-forward-messages-why-not-remove-misinformation …
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Yes I get that! I'm just saying that people are torching cell towers and maybe that's more important rn?
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Eeek no
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eek on which part? i am realising this afternoon that i may be a lone radical in wanting them to do this!
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Aren't WhatsApp messages sent with end-to-end encryption? Meaning they are not supposed to be able to read what you send other people. The forwarding limit is a change to the features of the app rather than needing to de-encrypt messages which would put off many users.
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Yeah I mean, this is definitely part of it - I obviously understand that. But I would argue that when you're literally becoming one of the biggest sources of misinformation the moral argument would be "okay look at those messages" to see if they're literally conspiracy theories
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....literally I've already explained this in my replies, feel free to read. I think reading only flagged messages and removing conspiracy theories in a time when people are dying because of them is worth breaking e2e for. That's my opinion!
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