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I&B Ministry blocks YouTube news channels for spreading ‘disinformation’
Context
The information and Broadcasting Ministry has blocked 16 YouTube news channels for spreading disinformation related to country's national security, foreign relations, and public order.
About
About the action taken:
- Ten Indian and six Pakistan-based YouTube channels have been blocked under Information Technology Rules, 2021.
- The YouTube channels were found to be spreading false, unverified information to create panic, incite communal disharmony and disturb public order in the country.
- These YouTube channels have a cumulative viewership of over 68 crores.
- The Indian YouTube channels which have been blocked include Saini Education Research, Hindi Mein Dekho, Aaj Te News, SBB News, Defence News 24x7, and Tahaffuz-E-Deen India among others.
- Pakistan- based YouTube channels that have been blocked include Aaj Tak Pakistan, Discover Point, Reality Checks, Kaiser Khan, The Voice of Asia, and Bol Media Bol.
- Also, YouTube channels based in Pakistan were found to have been used in a coordinated manner to post fake news about Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir, and India’s foreign relations in the light of the situation in Ukraine.
- The content of these channels was observed to be completely false and sensitive from the perspective of national security, sovereignty, and integrity of India and country's friendly relations with foreign States.
- Multiple country-based YouTube channels were observed to publish unverified news and videos having the potential to create panic among various sections of society.
- None of the digital news publishers had furnished information to the ministry as required under rule 18 of the IT Rules, 2021.
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