“Government is surveilling social media platforms to take legal action against users for politically motivated posts.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 17 Mar 2024.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Model Code of Conduct (MCC) comprises a set of guidelines issued to regulate the conduct of political parties and candidates. It does not include directives for monitoring the social media activities of citizens, nor does it suggest any form of prosecution. Importantly, the MCC lacks statutory support
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 March 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 19 March 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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.