App: [$500] Chat- HTML Reserved chars in workspace name gets decoded into string

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Action Performed:

1. Go to the settings
2. Create or select a workspace and rename
3. Use encoded version of an html reserved char in the workspace name (eg. &Hello)
4. Go to the admin room of the workspace

Expected Result:

Rename system message should show encoded chars as in &Hello

Actual Result:

Reserved chars are decoded into message string in text field from BE &Hello

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: 1.3.68.12 Reproducible in staging?: y Reproducible in production?: y If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856 Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

https://github.com/Expensify/App/assets/93399543/0847bc2f-f8b9-4db9-bfa6-e1744c3b97b3

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL: Issue reported by: @kursat Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1694295351896949

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