New Delhi: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Monday blocked 16 YouTube ‘news’ channels for spreading misinformation related to India’s national security, foreign relations and public order. Blocked channels include six from Pakistan and 10 channels based in India. The ministry said that his video has been viewed a total of more than 68 crore times.
“It was observed that these channels were used to spread fake news on social media on matters relating to national security, India’s foreign relations, communal harmony and public order in the country,” the ministry said in a statement. None of the digital news publishers had furnished the required information to the Ministry under Rule 18 of the IT Rules, 2021.
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“The content published by certain YouTube channels based in India referred to a community as terrorist and incites hatred between members of different religious communities,” it said.
On 5 April, the government banned 22 YouTube channels, including four of Pakistani origin, citing similar reasons. In December and January, the ministry used its powers to block 55 YouTube channels and some Twitter and Facebook accounts.
Here are the names of the 16 channels that were recently banned:
Indian Based YouTube Channel
-Saini Education Research
-Hindi Mein Dekho
-Technical Yogendra
-Today news
-SBB News
-Defence News24x7
-The study time
-Latest Update
-MRF TV LIVE
-Tahaffuz-E-Deen India
Pakistan based YouTube channel
-AjTak Pakistan
-Discover Point
-Reality Checks
-Kaiser Khan
-The Voice of Asia
-It was Bol
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first published:April 25, 2022, 6:25 p.m.
