Staying Safe on WhatsApp: How to Report Spam

Popular free messaging app, WhatsApp has upped it's game in keeping it's user safe on it's platform.

Users can now report a contact or a group as spam.

Usually when you receive a message from an unknown number for the first time, you'll have the option to report the number as spam directly inside the chat.

Now you can also report a contact or a group as spam from their profile information using the following steps:

1. Open the chat.
2. Tap on the contact or group name to open their profile information.
3. Scroll to the bottom and tap Report Spam.

WhatsApp also recently updated it's app to label forwarded messages.