https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/whatsapp-for-windows-10-updated-with-forwarding-restriction-to-reduce-fake-news/

Launched back in 2017, WhatsApp Desktop is a Windows 10 app that acts as a wrapper for the WhatsApp web version and it can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store. Facebook-owned WhatsApp has just rolled a new update that aims to stop the spread of fake news by restricting the amount of people you can forward a message.

The message forwarding restriction feature was first announced by WhatsApp in July 2018 as way of trying to stop the spread of fake news, rumors, & scams. This is because WhatsApp was previously used to spread rumors that caused a mob of people to throw stones and beat innocent people for supposed child abduction.