Fact Check: WhatsApp issues fresh guidelines
New Delhi : A message is going viral on social media that claims that WhatsApp has released a fresh set of guidelines under which the government will be able to monitor and take actions against the sender and receiver.
The viral message states: "Tʜᴇ ɴᴇᴡ á´„á´á´á´á´œÉ´Éªá´„ᴀᴛɪá´É´ ʀᴜʟᴇs Ò“á´Ê€ WʜᴀᴛsAᴘᴘ ᴀɴᴅ WʜᴀᴛsAᴘᴘ Cᴀʟʟs (Vá´Éªá´„á´‡ ᴀɴᴅ VɪᴅᴇᴠCᴀʟʟs) ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ɪá´á´˜ÊŸá´‡á´á´‡É´á´›á´‡á´… Ò“Ê€á´á´ á´›á´á´á´Ê€Ê€á´á´¡:
01. AÊŸÊŸ ᴄᴀʟʟs ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ʀᴇᴄá´Ê€á´…ᴇᴅ.
02. AÊŸÊŸ ᴄᴀʟʟ ʀᴇᴄá´Ê€á´…ɪɴɢs ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ sᴀᴠᴇᴅ.
03. WʜᴀᴛsAᴘᴘ, FᴀᴄᴇBá´á´á´‹, Tᴡɪᴛᴛᴇʀ, IÉ´sᴛᴀɢʀᴀᴠᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟ sá´á´„ɪᴀʟ á´á´‡á´…ɪᴀ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ á´á´É´Éªá´›á´Ê€á´‡á´….
04. Yá´á´œÊ€ ᴅᴇᴠɪᴄᴇs ᴡɪʟʟᴄá´É´É´á´‡á´„á´› ᴛᴠᴛʜᴇ Mɪɴɪsá´›Ê€Ê sÊsᴛᴇá´.
05. Tᴀᴋᴇ ᴄᴀʀᴇ É´á´á´› ᴛᴠsᴇɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ á´¡Ê€á´É´É¢ á´á´‡ssᴀɢᴇ ᴛᴠᴀɴÊá´É´á´‡.
06. Tᴇʟʟ Êá´á´œÊ€ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ, sɪʙʟɪɴɢs, ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇs, ғʀɪᴇɴᴅs, ᴀᴄϙᴜᴀɪɴᴛᴀɴᴄᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ Êá´á´œ sÊœá´á´œÊŸá´… ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴄᴀʀᴇ á´Ò“ ᴛʜᴇᴠᴀɴᴅ Ê€á´€Ê€á´‡ÊŸÊ Ê€á´œÉ´ sá´á´„ɪᴀʟ sɪᴛᴇs.
07. Dá´ É´á´á´› sᴇɴᴅ á´€É´Ê Ê™á´€á´… á´˜á´sá´› á´Ê€ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴠᴀɢᴀɪɴsá´› ᴛʜᴇ É¢á´á´ ᴇʀɴá´á´‡É´á´› á´Ê€ ᴛʜᴇ Pʀɪá´á´‡ Mɪɴɪsᴛᴇʀ ʀᴇɢᴀʀᴅɪɴɢ á´˜á´ÊŸÉªá´›Éªá´„s á´Ê€ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪá´É´.
08. Iá´› ɪs á´„á´œÊ€Ê€á´‡É´á´›ÊŸÊ á´€ ᴄʀɪá´á´‡ ᴛᴠᴡʀɪᴛᴇ á´Ê€ sᴇɴᴅ á´€ ʙᴀᴅá´á´‡ssᴀɢᴇ á´É´ á´€É´Ê á´˜á´ÊŸÉªá´›Éªá´„ᴀʟ á´Ê€ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪá´á´œs ɪssᴜᴇ, á´…á´ÉªÉ´É¢ sᴠᴄᴀɴ ʟᴇᴀᴅ ᴛᴠᴀʀʀᴇsá´› ᴡɪᴛʜá´á´œá´› á´€ ᴡᴀʀʀᴀɴᴛ.
09. Tʜᴇ á´˜á´ÊŸÉªá´„á´‡ ᴡɪʟʟ ɪssᴜᴇ á´€ É´á´á´›ÉªÒ“ɪᴄᴀᴛɪá´É´, ᴛʜᴇɴ ʙᴇ ᴘʀá´sᴇᴄᴜᴛᴇᴅ Ê™Ê CÊʙᴇʀ Cʀɪá´á´‡, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪs á´ á´‡Ê€Ê sᴇʀɪá´á´œs.
10. AÊŸÊŸ Êá´á´œ ɢʀá´á´œá´˜ á´á´‡á´Ê™á´‡Ê€s, á´á´á´…ᴇʀᴀᴛá´Ê€s ᴘʟᴇᴀsá´‡ á´„á´É´sɪᴅᴇʀ ᴛʜɪs ɪssᴜᴇ.
11. Bá´‡ ᴄᴀʀᴇғᴜʟ É´á´á´› ᴛᴠsᴇɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ á´¡Ê€á´É´É¢ á´á´‡ssᴀɢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀÊá´É´á´‡ á´‹É´á´á´¡ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴄᴀʀᴇ á´Ò“ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ.
Bá´‡ á´á´Ê€á´‡ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴇ á´Ò“ ᴀʟʟ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀá´á´œá´˜ ...Iá´á´˜á´Ê€á´›á´€É´T ɪɴғá´Ê€á´á´€á´›Éªá´É´ ᴀʙá´á´œá´› WʜᴀᴛsAᴘᴘ's ɴᴇᴡ ʀᴜʟᴇs ᴛᴠɢʀá´á´œá´˜ á´á´‡á´Ê™á´‡Ê€s ...
1. ✓ = á´á´‡ssᴀɢᴇ sᴇɴᴛ.
2. ✓✓ = á´á´‡ssᴀɢᴇʀᴇᴀᴄʜᴇᴅ.
3. Tᴡᴠʙʟᴜᴇ✓✓= á´á´‡ssᴀɢᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅ.
4. Tʜʀᴇᴇ ʙʟᴜᴇ✓✓✓ = Tʜᴇ É¢á´á´ ᴇʀɴá´á´‡É´á´› á´›á´á´á´‹ É´á´á´›á´‡ á´Ò“ ᴛʜᴇá´á´‡ssᴀɢᴇ.
5. Tᴡᴠʙʟᴜᴇ✓✓ᴀɴᴅ á´É´á´‡ ʀᴇᴅ✓= ᴛʜᴇ É¢á´á´ ᴇʀɴá´á´‡É´á´› ᴄᴀɴ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀᴄᴛɪá´É´ ᴀɢᴀɪɴsá´› Êá´á´œ.
6. OÉ´á´‡ ʙʟᴜᴇ✓ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴡᴠʀᴇᴅ✓✓ = ᴛʜᴇ É¢á´á´ ᴇʀɴá´á´‡É´á´› ɪs ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋɪɴɢ Êá´á´œÊ€ ɪɴғá´Ê€á´á´€á´›Éªá´É´.
7. Tʜʀᴇᴇ ʀᴇᴅ✓✓✓ = Tʜᴇ É¢á´á´ ᴇʀɴá´á´‡É´á´› ʜᴀs sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴘʀá´á´„ᴇᴇᴅɪɴɢs ᴀɢᴀɪɴsá´› Êá´á´œ ᴀɴᴅ Êá´á´œ ᴡɪʟʟ ɢᴇᴛ á´€ á´„á´á´œÊ€á´› sá´œá´á´á´É´s sá´á´É´.
It must be noted that the made claims in the message are False. The company has made no such announcement and even if something new comes up it will be mentioned loud and clear by the company itself.
PIB also debunked all the claims made in the message.
Hence, all the claims made in the message are not true and one should not fall for it.
