“NIC directed the regional executive and representatives of Google India and Apple India as per the letter of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology instructs to restrict the functioning of Chinese applications with immediate effect.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 7 Jul 2020.
Vishvas News rated thisFALSE
What Vishvas News found
The viral picture of office memorandum claiming the ban on 18 additional Chinese applications apart from the 59 banned applications is fake.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 July 2020. Vishvas News (India) looked into it and published its finding on 7 July 2020. Its rating was “FALSE”.
This check was done by Vishvas News, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.