Claim: Google, NASA, BBC, and CNN have issued warnings advising people to turn off mobile phones and electronic devices and keep them away from their bodies as cosmic rays pass closer to the Earth tonight.
Fact-check: This viral message advising people to switch off their phones for protection from cosmic rays is a Hoax - FACTLY
Verdict: no such warning was issued by nasa, bbc, or cnn either recently or in the past. this message has been circulating on the internet since at least 2010. the indian space research organization  clarified that this message is a hoax when it went viral in 2019. moreover, isro stated that there is no connection between the modulation of cosmic rays and the use of mobile phones. hence, the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Akshay Kumar Appani
Date published: 2024-04-05T12:26:51