Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Aug 18: A total of 7 Indian and 1 Pakistan-based YouTube news channels blocked under IT Rules, 2021 by the Indian government. The blocked YouTube channels had over 114 crore views, and 85 lakh 73 thousand subscribers.
“Fake anti-India content was being monetized by the blocked channels on YouTube,” said Ministry of I&B.
In the most recent move, which was taken under emergency powers under the IT Rules 2021, one Facebook account and two posts on the network were also disabled, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
“Examples include fake news such as the Government of India to have ordered demolition of religious structures… to have banned celebration of religious festivals, declaration of religious war in India,” said the ministry in a press release.
7 Indian and 1 Pakistan-based YouTube news channels blocked under IT Rules, 2021. Blocked YouTube channels had over 114 crore views, and 85 lakh 73 thousand subscribers. Fake anti-India content was being monetized by the blocked channels on YouTube: Ministry of I&B pic.twitter.com/V4WaJPvLfH
— ANI (@ANI) August 18, 2022
