Claim: If phone users in the U.K. do not acknowledge or reply to an emergency text alert test on April 23, 2023, their phones will be locked by the U.K. government for the day.
Fact-check: Can UK Govt. Lock Phones That Don't Reply to or Acknowledge Emergency Alert Messages?
Verdict: mostly false
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Nur Ibrahim
Date published: 2023-03-22T17:38:37