Indian govt bans 22 YouTube channels for spreading fake news

Of the 22 YouTube channels that have actually been obstructed, 18 are India based while four are Pakistan based.

The Ministry of Information as well as Broadcasting has actually blocked 22 YouTube networks along with three Twitter accounts, one Facebook account and one news site for spreading out phony news and also collaborated disinformation over social networks in matters associated with national safety and security.

A PIB launch by the ministry says that together the 22 YouTube channels had amassed an advancing viewership of 260 crore which this is the very first time that Indian YouTube channels have actually been blocked as a part of the brand-new IT Rules, 2021. The launch also claimed that of the 22 YouTube networks that have actually been obstructed, 18 are India-based YouTube networks while four are Pakistan-based YouTube channels.

Discussing the rationale behind obstructing these YouTube networks, the Ministry of Details and Broadcasting stated that these YouTube networks were being utilized to upload phony news on various topics such as the Indian Armed Forces as well as Jammu as well as Kashmir among others. The obstructed YouTube networks were also ‘posting anti-India material from several social networks accounts operated in a coordinated way from Pakistan.’

” It was observed that a substantial quantity of incorrect content released by these Indian YouTube based channels related to the recurring circumstance in Ukraine, and targeted at jeopardising India’s foreign connections with other countries,” the Ministry wrote in the launch.

In addition, the ministry stated that the obstructed Indian YouTube channels were making use of templates and logos of specific television information networks to mislead the audiences to think that the news was authentic. “In specific cases, it was likewise observed that systematic anti-India phony information was stemming from Pakistan,” the ministry included.

Including its current move, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has provided directions for obstructing 78 YouTube channels and also numerous other social networks accounts on grounds associated with national security, sovereignty and also integrity of India, and public order since December 2021.

Below is a checklist of all outlawed India-based YouTube networks:
— ARP News (Total Sights: 4,40,68,652).

— AOP Information (Total Views: 74,04,673).

— LDC News (Total Amount Views: 6,46,96,730).

— SarkariBabu (Overall Views: 4,40,14,435).

— SS ZONE Hindi (Total Sights:5,28,17,274).

— Smart News (Total Sights: 13,07,34,161).

— News23Hindi (Total Sights: 18,72,35,234).

— Online Khabar (Total Amount Views: 4,16,00,442).

— DP information (Total Sights: 11,99,224).

— PKB Information (Complete Views: 2,97,71,721).

— KisanTak (Total Views: 36,54,327).

— Borana News (Total Amount Views: 2,46,53,931).

— Sarkari Information Update (Total Views: 2,05,05,161).

— Bharat Mausam (Overall Views: 7,04,14,480).

— RJ AREA 6 (Overall Sights: 12,44,07,625).

— Examination Report (Total Amount Views: 3,43,72,553).

— Digi Gurukul (Overall Views: 10,95,22,595).

— DinBharKhabrein (Complete Sights: 23,69,305).

Here’s a listing of all the prohibited Pakistan-based YouTube channels:.
— DuniyaMeryAagy (Complete Sights: 11,29,96,047).

— Ghulam NabiMadni (Total Amount Sights: 37,90,109).

— HAQEEQAT TELEVISION (Total Views: 1,46,84,10,797).

— HAQEEQAT TELEVISION 2.0 (Total Views: 37,542,059).

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