Amid the Coronavirus outbreak, a viral message is doing the rounds on social media that claims that the government is going to ‘shut down the internet’ to avoid panic.
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim and found it to be FAKE.
During our research on this news, we found a tweet from the Press Information Bureau (PIB), where they have explicitly clarified that this information is untrue and that the government has not passed any such orders. The tweet is attached below.
केंद्र सरकार ने इंटरनेट सेवाओं को लेकर ऐसा कोई भी आदेश नहीं दिया है |
सोशल मीडिया पर कोरोनावायरस को लेकर चल रही भ्रामक जानकारी से भ्रमित न हों |
केंद्र सरकार की आधिकारिक घोषणा और निर्णयों की जानकारी हेतु @PIB_India व @PIBHindi को फॉलो करें |#IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/7rr0kkFwRz
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) March 27, 2020
Hence, the above information proves that the viral claim is FAKE.
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