WhatsApp is introducing new controls that given you a chance to restrict who can add you to group messages. VentureBeat takes note of that the application currently gives you a chance to prevent individuals from adding you to groups in the event that they’re not a contact in your contact list. Then again, you can keep anybody at all from able to add you, or else leave the option open to all.

The feature is one piece of a large group of changes the service is making to attempt and prevent deception from easily spreading. The BBC reported that ahead of Brazil’s elections a year ago political campaigners were utilizing software to consequently add swaths of individuals to politically roused WhatsApp groups without their consent. Time reports that this is also widespread in India.

WhatsApp has effectively restrict the amount of times a message can be forwarded to five, and furthermore now marks forwarded messages to attract consideration regarding them. Recently, the WhatsApp launched another reality checking service in India which users can use to confirm the truth of any messages they’ve been sent.

Users that limit who can add them to groups can at present be included by private invitation. They’ll get a connection, which gives fundamental data about the group they’ve been welcome to, and can go along with it on the off chance that they need to. Generally the connection terminates in 72 hours. Already a WhatsApp support page noticed that the best way to prevent being added to a group was to block the group’s admin.

The new settings can be gotten to by going to Account options inside the settings menu. Select Privacy, at that point Groups, and you’ll have the capacity to choose who precisely can add you to a group. This gives you three options, Nobody, My Contacts, or Everyone. WhatsApp’s new group features are launching today, and will available to all users in the coming weeks.