“Government is providing free laptops to all the students”
Social media posts
Claim dated 19 Sep 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
There is no such scheme of free laptops being offered by the government. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) has debunked many such fake blogs offering smartphones, laptops, and scholarships.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 September 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 24 September 2020, 5 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- registration-for-your-laptop.blogspot.comhttps://registration-for-your-laptop.blogspot.com/
Links recorded by FACTLY. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.