New Delhi: The central government has directed YouTube to block 45 videos from 10 YouTube channels on Monday for broadcasting fake news & morphed videos with the intent to spread hatred among religious communities.
Such videos, according to a statement from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, are said to incite communal hatred and harm public order.
According to the government, it blocked the videos based on recommendations from the intelligence community. Over 1.3 million people saw the restricted video in its entirety.
#BreakingNews | @MIB_India blocks 45 YouTube videos from 10 YouTube channels under IT Rules, 2021.
Videos containing hateful speech against religious communities and spreading communal disharmony blocked.@ianuragthakur pic.twitter.com/trWZStq2Dm
— DD News (@DDNewslive) September 26, 2022
I&B minister Anurag Thakur said in a statement on Monday, “The ministry of information and broadcasting has banned ten YouTube channels which were spewing venom against India, trying to damage India’s relations with other countries through fake news. We have done this before in the interests of the nation, will continue to do so in future.”
“Such videos were found to have the potential to cause communal disharmony and disrupt public order in the country. Some of the videos blocked by the Ministry were being used to spread disinformation on issues related to Agnipath scheme, Indian Armed Forces, India’s national security apparatus, Kashmir etc”, he added.
The videos that have been blocked include disinformation about the Agnipath scheme, the Indian Armed Forces, India’s national security apparatus, Kashmir, etc. Certain videos depicted erroneous external boundaries of India with parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh outside the Indian territory.
“Such cartographic misrepresentation was found to be detrimental to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India. The content blocked by the Ministry was found to be detrimental to sovereignty and integrity of India, security of the State, India’s friendly relations with foreign States, and public order in the country”, the ministry told.
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