Your task is to predict the verdict of a claim based on the provided question-answer pair evidence. The possible labels are: 'Supported', 'Refuted', 'Not Enough Evidence', 'Conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking'. Justify your answer using the provided evidence and select the correct label.

Claim: India trying to prevent people from posting COVID-19 updates.

Q1: What actions had India taken during the COVID-19 outbreak, at the time of this claim, april 2020?
A1: The Central government on 24 March, the day when the 21-day lockdown was announced, had stated that the Disaster Management Act, 2005 was being invoked to deal with COVID-19.

Q2: Does this Act have a provision for preventing or sharing news related to COVID-19?
A2: No, because There is no provision to prevent the sharing of news about COVID-19

Q3: Did the Indian government make any orders to try and prevent media from printing, publishing, or telecasting any news on the pandemic?
A3: Yes, because On 31 March, 2020 the Central government had approached the Supreme Court asking it to prevent media from printing, publishing, or telecasting any news on the pandemic without first ascertaining the facts with government authorities. But the Supreme Court had passed an order saying it did not intend to interfere with the free discussion about the pandemic but the media must refer to and publish the official versions of the developments.

Q4: Did this rule prohibit citizens from sharing any news or updates about the pandemic?
A4: No, because there is NO such rule prohibiting citizens from sharing any news or updates about the pandemic. The news and updates, however, need to be confirmed by government officials.
user
justification: Q&A 1 and 2 show that the government of India had no law provisioning that they can stop people from posting updates or sharing news online during the time of the claim.
Q&A 3 shows that around the time of the claim the Indian Gov did ask its supreme court for the power to prevent only media from posting updates and news online with out checking facts first.
With Q&A 4 showing that no prevision was being sought or existed to prevent people from posting news and updates about the pandemic as they wish. so as the claim specifically says 'people' only then this is refuted.


verdict: 'Refuted'
assistant