Fact Check: Are users required to verify their social media accounts within 3 months? Know truth here
The Centre has clarified that it is not mandatory for citizens to verify their social media accounts and that it has only asked social media platforms to ensure a mechanism for those who wish to do it voluntarily
- Feb 28, 2021,
- Updated Feb 28, 2021 3:24 PM IST
The Centre on February 25 came out with new guidelines to regulate digital content platforms, online streaming, and social media. In the midst of this, a post that has gone viral on social media claiming that in keeping with the new guidelines, all social media accounts need to be verified through mobile phones with a government ID within three months.
Posting this claim on social media, Delhi High Court lawyer Prashant Patel Umrao wrote, "All SM accounts need to be verified with a government ID through mobile phones within three months. Welcome step. Internet is safer & more responsible now. Govt announces intermediary Guidelines & Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021 to safeguard users' rights. #ottguidelines."
Umrao posted this through his verified Twitter handle on February 25. India Today's Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) found the claim misleading. The government has clarified that it is not mandatory for citizens to verify their social media accounts, adding that it has only asked social media platforms to ensure an adequate mechanism for users who wish to verify their accounts voluntarily.
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The Centre on February 25 came out with new guidelines to regulate digital content platforms, online streaming, and social media. In the midst of this, a post that has gone viral on social media claiming that in keeping with the new guidelines, all social media accounts need to be verified through mobile phones with a government ID within three months.
Posting this claim on social media, Delhi High Court lawyer Prashant Patel Umrao wrote, "All SM accounts need to be verified with a government ID through mobile phones within three months. Welcome step. Internet is safer & more responsible now. Govt announces intermediary Guidelines & Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021 to safeguard users' rights. #ottguidelines."
Umrao posted this through his verified Twitter handle on February 25. India Today's Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) found the claim misleading. The government has clarified that it is not mandatory for citizens to verify their social media accounts, adding that it has only asked social media platforms to ensure an adequate mechanism for users who wish to verify their accounts voluntarily.
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