“Videos showing Prime Minister Modi announcing a free smartphone scheme.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 15 Nov 2025.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The Government of India, PM Modi has not announced any free smartphone scheme. The viral videos showing Prime Minister Modi announcing such a scheme are fake and digitally altered. They were created by modifying the audio of the original video.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 November 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 24 November 2025, 9 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DRDqzF6CDZQ/
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