WhatsApp Reported Immediately Releases Features of "Silencing" Group Members
WhatsApp will soon embed a new feature specific to group chats. The feature will allow the admin to "mute" members in the group from the conversation so that the chat happens only one way.
This feature called "Restrict Group" will allow the admin to limit the communication that takes place within a group.
If Restrict Group is enabled, only members who have administrative status will be able to send messages in groups, while other members can only read them.
This feature will reportedly prevent non-admin members from sending photos, videos, GIFs, documents, to voicemails. This means that all messaging features will be disabled for non-admin participants.