YouTube Channels Banned: 10 YouTube channels and 45 videos blocked by the government, accused of spreading religious frenzy
The central government has blocked 10 YouTube channels trying to spread religious frenzy through fake news in India. Apart from this, 45 videos have also been banned in India. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur has given this information.
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YouTube Channels Blocked: The central government has blocked 10 YouTube channels trying to spread religious frenzy through fake news in India. Apart from this, 45 videos have also been banned in India. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur has given this information.
Based on the inputs from intelligence agencies, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has directed YouTube to block 45 YouTube videos from 10 YouTube channels. The blocked videos had cumulative viewership of over 1 crore 30 lakh views: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting pic.twitter.com/pkDIGWiZsM — ANI (@ANI) September 26, 2022
The government has ordered a ban on 45 videos of 10 YouTube channels for tampering with content and circulating fake news with the intention of spreading hatred among religious communities.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur gave this information on Monday. An official statement said the videos that have been banned have garnered a total of 1.30 million views and claim that the government has taken away religious rights of certain communities.
Thakur said these channels had content that spreads fear and confusion among communities. According to an official statement, the banned content includes fake news and morphed videos circulated with the intention of spreading hatred among religious communities.
It said, some of the videos banned by the ministry were being used to spread misinformation on issues related to Agneepath scheme, Indian Armed Forces, India's national security apparatus, Kashmir.
According to the statement, this material is considered false and sensitive from the perspective of national security and India's friendly relations with other countries. It said that the order to ban these videos was issued on 23 September under the provisions of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. Thakur said that earlier the government had banned 102 YouTube channels and Facebook accounts for disturbing communal harmony.
