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WhatsApp Launches New Feature to Label Forwarded Messages

The WhatsApp app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration. (Reuters)
The WhatsApp app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration. (Reuters)
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WhatsApp Launches New Feature to Label Forwarded Messages

The WhatsApp app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration. (Reuters)
The WhatsApp app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration. (Reuters)

In an attempt to boost the transparency of the conversation, a new feature added by WhatsApp allows users to know if the message they received was sent by the sender himself or if other users just forwarded it.

The Facebook-owned social networking company said the app would show a clear sign next to the message that a user sent it back to other users after receiving it, according to the German news agency.

By distinguishing messages that have been forwarded, WhatsApp aims to make it easier for users to see whether the message was sent by the sender or someone else passed it.

To use this feature, the user needs to download and install the latest version of WhatsApp, either from the Play Store for Google’s Android devices or from the App Store for Apple’s iOS devices.

WhatsApp’s new update came amid intense criticism for facilitating the rapid spread of false reports on kidnaps in India.

The use of the forward feature has led to many extrajudicial killings in India.

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One Man Gored, 7 Others Bruised in Spain's Bull Running Festival

'Mozos' or runners take part in the second Running of the Bulls during the Sanfermines festival in Pamplona, Spain, 08 July 2025. The San Fermin festival runs until 14 July 2025. EPA/Daniel Fernandez
'Mozos' or runners take part in the second Running of the Bulls during the Sanfermines festival in Pamplona, Spain, 08 July 2025. The San Fermin festival runs until 14 July 2025. EPA/Daniel Fernandez
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One Man Gored, 7 Others Bruised in Spain's Bull Running Festival

'Mozos' or runners take part in the second Running of the Bulls during the Sanfermines festival in Pamplona, Spain, 08 July 2025. The San Fermin festival runs until 14 July 2025. EPA/Daniel Fernandez
'Mozos' or runners take part in the second Running of the Bulls during the Sanfermines festival in Pamplona, Spain, 08 July 2025. The San Fermin festival runs until 14 July 2025. EPA/Daniel Fernandez

A man was gored and seven others lightly injured on Tuesday, the second day of Pamplona's San Fermin festival in which thousands of people line the medieval city's narrow streets for the centuries-old tradition of running with bulls.

The man who was gored, identified only as being older than 25, was injured by a bull horn under his right armpit, a spokesperson for the city emergency services said.

"At this time, he is under observation but is in stable condition," she told reporters.

The seven others suffered bruises and contusions, some in the shoulder or head, Reuters reported.

In the festival's "encierros", or bull runs, fighting bulls are set loose in the streets and then race to reach the bullfight arena. Hundreds of aficionados, many wearing traditional white shirts with red scarves, run with them.

On Tuesday morning, one of the bulls stopped in the middle of his run, and charged the runners for several tense minutes.

The festival, which gained international fame from Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises", lasts for one week in early July.

Participants are occasionally gored at the hundreds of such bull-running fiestas in Spain every year. Other injuries are common. At least 16 runners have lost their lives at the Pamplona festival down the years, the last in 2009.

As well as the morning bull runs and afternoon bullfights, the San Fermin festival features round-the-clock singing, dancing and drinking by revelers.
There are also religious events in honor of the saint.