1 / 8A viral WhatsApp message has been doing rounds claiming that the Government of India has issued an order to suspend the application during the night.2 / 8The message states that the government is banning WhatsApp, the instant messaging application developed by Facebook, from functioning during nights between 23:30 hours and 06:00 hours.3 / 8The deceptive message goes on to state that the user's accounts would be deactivated if the message was not forwarded to more users.4 / 8n addition, the widely circulated fake news added that a monthly charge would be applicable to WhatsApp users to activate one's account. 5 / 8The message also claims that a new and safe WhatsApp account will be activated for users who follows the steps mentioned in the forwarded message.6 / 8Now, the Press India Bureau (PIB) has released a fact check update dismissing the same as fake.7 / 8ountering the misinforming message, a fact check update issued by the PIB urged users to avoid forwarding the message. Taking to Twitter, PIB shared, “It is being claimed in a forwarded message, that #WhatsApp will be closed from 11:30 pm to 6 am & a monthly charge will have to be paid to activate it.8 / 8 #PIBFactCheck: This claim is #FAKE. No such announcement has been made by GOI. Do not engage with such fraudulent links.” The fake viral message first surfaced only a couple of days after social media giants, namely, WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook suffered a major unprecedented outage earlier this month.