“As per the instructions of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the National Informatics Centre (NIC) has ordered the prohibition of Chinese applications from Google Play Store and Apple App Store.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 19 Jun 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
no such order banning the Chinese Apps from the Google and Apple stores was issued by either Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology or National Informatics Centre. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) has tweeted that the order is fake. The PIB’s tweet has been retweeted by both MeitY and NIC.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 June 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 19 June 2020. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttp://archive.fo/Cv96t
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