Vishvas News fact-checked the viral post. It turned out to be misleading.
New Delhi (Vishvas News). A newspaper clip is going viral on social media. Many social media users are sharing this news from Kota assuming it to be recent. It talks about smart meters and normal meters.
Vishvas News investigated the viral post. It proved to be misleading. Investigation revealed that the viral news is very old. It has no connection with the current situation. The news of the year 2017 is being shared now.
what is going viral
Facebook user Alok Kumar On July 1, 2024, while posting a newspaper news, he claimed, “Smart meters are also smart in collecting money. The electricity bill comes almost 3 times. Along with that, there is also a big problem that if someone does not have money, he will be deprived of the use of electricity and will have to live in the dark, whereas electricity has been included in the basic facilities and it is wrong to keep the common man in the dark in the name of money. In the normal meter, the payment was made 2 months late. There was no big issue. A little more charge had to be paid but you have to stay updated in this.”
The content of the viral post has been written here as it is. Many other users are making it viral by considering it to be true. Archived version of the post Here See.
investigation
Vishwas News has already investigated the viral post once. For this, we read the viral news carefully. At the beginning of the news, we saw Sandesh News and Kota written.
Based on this clue, when we furthered our search through Google Open Search Tool, we found Chambal Sandesh The original news was found on a Facebook page named . It was posted on 26 September 2017. Investigation so far has proved that a seven-year-old news is being made viral now.
Vishwas News furthered the investigation and scanned this page named Chambal Sandesh. We found a mobile number there. We called on this number. Chambal Sandesh informed us that the viral news is seven years old.
Vishwas News did a Google Open Search based on keywords. We found an old news published on Bhaskar.com. It said, “Seeing the public sentiment in Kota, KEDL has changed its decision to install smart meters. Now it is using the old type of electric meters only. These meters are being installed. Official sources of the company said that the company was installing smart meters in the city as per the decision of the central government, but the consumers strongly opposed it. Seeing the protest, they have stopped installing smart meters and are installing electronic meters.” Read the full news at Here Can be read.
In the final phase of the investigation, the Facebook user Alok Kumar’s account was thoroughly examined. It was found that the user lives in Patna. More than six thousand people follow him.
Vishwas News has already brought the truth of the viral post in front of its readers once. Read that investigation in detail Here Can be read.
Conclusion: Vishvas News’ investigation revealed that a 2017 news from a local newspaper of Kota is being made viral to spread confusion. This news about smart city was published in 2017. It has no connection with the current situation. In our investigation, the viral post was found to be misleading.
- Claim Review : Latest news related to smart city
- Claimed By : FB User Alok Kumar
- Fact Check : misleading
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2024-07-01 19:44:46