Digital Desk: With WhatsApp's View Once media
feature, users can send photos and videos that disappear after the recipient
views them once. Although the function is designed to provide WhatsApp users with more confidentiality, it may be abused on occasion. Alternatively, the sender
may send inappropriate images or videos that are harmful to the recipient's
mental or emotional health.
In such cases, the instant messaging platform has
made provisions for reporting such users.
On an Android phone,
how do you report a WhatsApp view-once message? Check out these four simple
steps.
Step 1: Open
WhatsApp on your phone.
Step 2: Navigate to
the conversation that sent the view once message.
Step 3: To access
the menu, click or tap the three dots in the top-right corner of the screen.
Step 4: Select the
Report contact option. If the contact who shared the message is unknown, select
the Report unknown user option.
How to Report
WhatsApp's View-Only Mode on iPhone
First, open WhatsApp
on your iPhone.
Step 2: Go to the
chat of the contact who sent you the view-once media.
Step 3: Tap the
three-dot menu at the bottom of the screen.
Step 4: Select the
Report contact option.
WhatsApp's view once the function
The media can't be saved to the recipient's pictures or gallery. Furthermore, once a user sends the media, it is no longer visible. WhatsApp users are not permitted to save or forward media received with the view once media is enabled. When read receipts are enabled, they can only detect whether a recipient has viewed a photo or video once.
If a user does not open the media from the chat within 14 days of receiving it, it will expire. When sending a view-only image or video, the view-only media option must be selected each time.
