INDORE : Administrators of thousands of WhatsApp groups here in Madhya Pradesh have changed their group settings, prohibiting other members from posting any message following the district administration's order to curb fake news and posts during the coronavirus crisis.
Indore Collector Manish Singh issued an order on Monday, directing the administrators of all WhatsApp groups in the district to restrict the posts of other members.
Hence, the group administrators have changed the settings so as to authorise only them to post messages on the platform. "Government officials engaged in dealing with the coronavirus outbreak were facing several problems due to flooding of fake news, inflammatory messages and rumours on social media.