India blocks 16 YouTube News Channels citing fake news spread: Here are the channels
The government of India banned 16 YouTube channels for spreading fake news about the country’s security. The Ministry of Information has issued directions to ban 10 Indian and 6 Pakistani-based Youtube channels citing that these channels spread fake news. When the cumulative count has been taken, the viewership is counted to be 68 crores, The Mint reported.
The spreading misinformation was regarding India’s national security, India’s foreign relations, communal harmony in the country, and public order. According to Rule 18 of the IT Rules 2021, none of the YouTube news publishers has provided information to the Ministry.
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“The content used to create a disturbance in public order will no longer be taken into account and will have to be fired off,” the Ministry said. Multiple India-based YouTube channels were observed to publish unverified news and videos having the potential to create panic among various sections of society. Examples include false claims related to the announcement of a pan-India lockdown due to Covid-19 thereby threatening the migrant workers, and fabricated claims alleging threats to certain religious communities, among others,” the Ministry further noted.
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The topics about the Indian Army, topics on the Jammu Kashmir, India’s foreign relations especially with the Ukraine conflict, etc have been used as weapons to spread fake news by these banned 16 YouTube news channels. The complete list of channels blocked by the Indian government is given here:
- Saini Education Research
- Hindi Mein Dekho
- Technical Yogendra
- Aaj te news
- SBB News
- Defence News24x7
- The study Time
- Latest Update
- MRF TV Live
- Tahaffuz-E-Deen India
- AjTak Pakistan
- Discover Point
- Reality Checks
- Kaiser Khan
- Voice of Asia
- Bol Media Bol
