YouTube Channels, Websites ordered to be Blocked by I&B Ministry for Spreading Anti-India Info
70623-Dec-2021
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued an order to block the Websites and YouTube channels that are being regulated from Pakistan and requested the Telecom Company to instruct the internet service providers to ban such content providers.
The Ministry has revealed that there were some of the Websites whose number is 2 and some YouTube channels whose number is 20 providing the Anti content- India. The ministry along with the secret officers from intelligence have found the sources of this divisive content from Pakistan because it is said that about 15 channels of YouTube are related to such obligations.
Highlighted facts
- Divisive content was posted with the help of social media platforms like YouTube.
- I & B Ministry shared a notice providing the 20 names of the YouTube channels.
- In the responsive action taken by the Ministry to secure the information space of the country.
The statement of the Ministry was such “The channel and Websites belong to a coordinated disinformation network operating from Pakistan and spreading fake news about various sensitive subjects related to India,”. This statement was said on Tuesday.
The ministry said that strict action has been taken against such Anti -Indian producers and banned them. He also said that the Modus Operandi of the Anti-India disinformation campaign involves the Naya Pakistan Group (NPG). The group used to be operated from Pakistan which is banned by the ministry and other channels not related to this group have also been blocked.
Further adding in the report the Ministry said that the channels and websites were posting divisive content on the internet and the content topic was related to the current highly tennis topic as Ram Mandir, Kashmir issue, General Vipin Rawat, Ayodhya, Minorities, etc.
The Information & Broadcasting Minister, Anurag Thakur told through a video message that there are some YouTube channels and Websites that are regularly posting Anti-India content which could create the atmosphere of ‘Fear and Confusion’. These are being blocked because they were breaking the Indian Laws and violating their sentiments.
The two orders which are issued by the ministry are such-
“In a closely coordinated effort between the intelligence and ministry of information & Broadcasting, the ministry on Monday ordered the blocking of 20 channels on Youtube and 2 Websites spreading Anti-India propaganda and fake news on the Internet”.
“One of 20 YouTube channels directing YouTube and the other for the two news websites, requesting the Department of telecom to direct the Internet service providers for blocking of the news, channels/portals”.
The ministry had added the list of those 20 channels on its order and said that there is a lot of evidence which are fake and telling that the content on YouTube has a view of up to55 crore and has 35 lakh people in the subscriber’s list.
The ministry also added “That some of the YouTube channels of the Naya Pakistan Group were being operated by anchors of Pakistani news channels,” said in the order report.
The ministry has given the information of such groups and internet contents and told that they are choosing the sensitive points of the country as the recent news of The Farmer Protest, and Citizenship (Amendment) Act, and also they choose the minorities of India to incite them against the government hence they have blocked them to see the election situation which is going to be held in the short period.
20 YouTube channels
The Punch Line, InternationalWeb News, Khalsa TV, The Naked Truth, 48 News, Fictional, Historical Facts, Punjab Viral, Naya Pakistan Global, Cover Story, Go Global e-commerce, Junaid Haleem Official, Tyyaab hanif, Zain Ali Official, Mohsin Rajput Official, Kannej Fatima, Sadab Durrani, Miam Imran Ahmed, Najam Ul Hassan Bajava. These are the 20 YouTube channels that are ordered to be blocked by the ministry.
Content and Facts in Post
Joe Biden Imposed Sanction on Modi as the RSS destroyed the Christian School, PM Modi concedes defeat in Kashmir, Article 370 restored, 200 Indian army personnel accept Islam in Srinagar, 5000 Asam Muslims joined the Taliban, and Pakistan War jets entered in India and the Atom war has started. These were the content that was used to post ‘on the internet.
Updated on 24-Dec-2021
