WhatsApp now allows users to control who is allowed to add themselves to the chat group

WhatsApp has officially announced today that they are deploying some important changes to their messaging application to give users more control over how they can be invited to participate. Go to chat groups, thereby solving one of the most annoying privacy issues on this online chat platform.

This Facebook-owned service indicates that users will now be offered a new option in the settings that allows them to control who can add them to chat groups.

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Accordingly, users can choose between Nobody (no one), My Contact (who and they have saved the phone number in the directory) and Everyone (everyone). This is an option for those who are allowed to add you to a chat group on WhatsApp - make sure you won't be bothered by people who you may not normally know.

To add people with restricted access, you will be asked to send a private message to that person with an invitation link. Next, the individual can decide whether they want to join the chat group via the invitation link attached, this link will exist within 72 hours.

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The option to control this feature will be available in Settings> Account> Privacy> Groups. WhatsApp said it is starting to launch this option for a few specific user groups, starting today 4/3. Users worldwide will receive this feature in the next few weeks. However, the company added that you will be asked to install the latest WhatsApp version to be able to use this feature.

The deployment of the new option allows the control of adding people to the chat group to appear in the context of more and more WhatsApp users expressing frustration about the rampant unwanted spam messages they have to deal with later. when someone adds a group to the chat groups without their consent.

This issue has become more prominent in recent months, when many countries around the world started the election period, and political organizations have implemented more and more "blameless" users. as many groups as possible to propagate their political advocacy messages. At a roundtable in New Delhi in February this year, representatives of WhatsApp said they were particularly concerned about the issue and were looking for a way to resolve it as thoroughly and reasonably as possible.

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'Users ask for more control over their experience, and we think it's a perfectly legitimate request,' said WhatsApp.

In fact, in the past few months, this online chat application has provided a lot of practical changes directly related to the user experience, including limiting the number of messages that users can transfer. continue on the application, as well as enhance spam detection tools to prevent fraudulent activity . all have received positive feedback from the user community.