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Fact Check News: PIB fact check has removed the curtain for this claim to lie or come true. Many such messages are roaming on social media amidst war with Pakistan. You also need to be careful.
A message is going viral on social media.
Highlights
- The PIB Fact Czech described the viral message as fake.
- The Government of India did not give any advice to stop the location service.
- Beware of fake messages on social media.
New Delhi : While the Indian Army is engaged in giving a befitting reply to the attacks of Pak, between the Indo-Pakistani War, on the one hand, a fight is also going on on social media. This is the fight against India or fake messages being run by Pakistan or its supporters. Rumors of various types are being spread in these messages going viral on social. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is also responding firmly. One such viral message has been exposed to lies. In this message, people are being advised to stop the location service in their mobiles immediately.
Actually, a message is going viral on social media. In this message it is written ‘Hello everyone, we have received an official email from the faculty with an important advice: please stop the location services on your phone immediately.’ It further states that ‘it has been brought to our attention that drones are being used to detect high -temperature areas’.
In such a situation, the PIB fact check has removed the curtain for the lie or truth of this claim. On behalf of the PIB, it has been said that a viral photo is claiming, in which a advice has been issued and people have been advised to close their phone services immediately.
A viral image is claiming that an advisory has been issued, advising people to turn off location services on their phones immediately.#PIBFactCheck
– This claim is FAKE
– No such advisory has been issued by the GoI pic.twitter.com/8GmYpKXTkJ
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) May 9, 2025