Spam accounts continue to be one of WhatsApp’s main problems. The messaging app is working on new measures to combat this type of accounts. Until now, spam accounts were blocked when users reported said accounts to those responsible for the app. Meta will now take a more proactive attitude.
WhatsApp will automatically block spam accounts
Those responsible for the app no longer want to wait for users to report an account, but rather will be proactive and take action from the beginning.
New measures
WhatsApp is going to make those accounts that have been penalized will be temporarily blocked. This means that these accounts will not be able to send messages in any type of chat within the application. The account will be able to receive messages during that time, but it will be impossible for them to send them. The app will use artificial intelligence to detect certain patterns in accounts, which will help them detect spam accounts.
Those responsible for the app do not have access to the content of the messages, which makes this task difficult. Therefore, they are going to focus on detecting certain patterns that spam accounts usually have. When these patterns are detected An alert will be sent to the app’s servers. This account will then be temporarily blocked.
WhatsApp will have a best friends function
These new measures against spam accounts They have already been seen in a previous version of WhatsApp, although they are not yet stablely available in it. There is no data for now about the launch of these measures in the app. It is expected that within a few weeks they will be available, but we will have to wait for an announcement from those responsible for the app.
