Facebook acknowledges that it is a friction-less platform for the spread of propaganda.

The popular chat platform will follow in sister company WhatsApp’s footsteps by limiting users to only five forwards at a time, Facebook said in a blog post, which it hopes will keep people from spreading potential misinformation to many friends at once.

“Limiting forwarding is an effective way to slow the spread of viral misinformation and harmful content that has the potential to cause real world harm,” Facebook said.

Source: Facebook to limit forwarding in Messenger ahead of election