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Friday, March 29, 2024

Govt blocks 45 videos from 10 YouTube channels: Officials

Based on the inputs from intelligence agencies, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed YouTube to block 45 videos from 10 YouTube channels.

Orders to block the concerned videos were issued on September 23 under the provisions of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021. The blocked videos had cumulative viewership of over 1 crore 30 lakh.

The content included fake news and morphed videos spread with the intent to spread hatred among religious communities.

Examples include false claims such as the government to have taken away the religious rights of certain communities, violent threats against religious communities, declaration of civil war in Bharat, etc. Such videos were found to have the potential to cause communal disharmony and disrupt public order in the country.

Officials said that some of the videos blocked by the Ministry were being used to spread disinformation on issues related to Agnipath scheme, Bharatiya Armed Forces, Bharat’s national security apparatus, Kashmir, etc. The content was observed to be false and sensitive from the perspective of national security and India’s friendly relations with foreign states.

Certain videos depicted the erroneous external boundary of Bharat with parts of J&K and Ladakh outside the Bharatiya 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 Bharat, security of the state, Bharat’s friendly relations with foreign states, and public order in the country.

Accordingly, the content was covered within the ambit of section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, said the Ministry on Monday.

(The story has been published via a syndicated feed with minor edits to conform to HinduPost style guide)

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