The propaganda on social media that new rules will be implemented for WhatsApp and WhatsApp calls from tomorrow has made people angry. The campaign says the messages are being monitored by the government and calls are being recorded. The viral message says that not only WhatsApp but also social media including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are being monitored. This message is mainly spread on WhatsApp. The Kerala Police came to the scene after revealing the facts as many people came to the scene raising suspicions in the message.
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The truth is that the message circulating on social media is fake. The Kerala Police has informed about this through social media. The Kerala Police requested that no one should fall prey to false propaganda.
The new rules that apply to WhatsApp and WhatsApp calls from tomorrow, Tʜʀᴇᴇ ʙʟᴜᴇ ✓✓✓ = The government has seen your message and all calls will be recorded …. Many people are sending messages to this page asking if the news circulating on WhatsApp is true. PIB Fact Check, the Fact Check Unit of the Central Government, has already tweeted that the news is fake. See link.
दावा: एक #Whatsapp मैसेज में दावा किया जा रहा है कि केंद्र सरकार ने व्हाट्सएप्प और फोन कॉल के लिए नए संचार नियम लागू किए हैं। #PIBFactCheck: यह दावा #फ़र्ज़ी है। केंद्र सरकार ने व्हाट्सएप्प व फोन कॉल के संबंध में नए संचार नियम लागू करने की ऐसी कोई घोषणा नहीं की है। pic.twitter.com/5D7v8xthc0
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) January 29, 2021
Do not fall for such false propaganda. Do not spread ‘.
Below is the warning issued on January 29 by PIB Fact Check, a fact-finding unit under the Press Information Bureau.
The vulgarities in the viral message about the tick marks in WhatsApp were ruined years ago. The message was then circulated in the international media as the BBC News. The facts were reported by Asianet News Online on November 10, 2019. It was also found that in 2015 and 2018 a similar message went viral on social media.
Conclusion
The message circulating on social media that your WhatsApp messages are being monitored by the government and all calls are being recorded is fake.
