Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 8: Several accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and Telegram have been blocked by the Ministry of Information and Technology (MeitY) for disseminating modified videos of a cabinet briefing and promoting explicit or hostile content.
MeitY claimed it had received a number of complaints stating that particular handles, users, and channels were posting explicit content and attempting to divide communities.
Furthermore, multiple films have been circulating on social media, including the most recent altered footage purporting to depict a cabinet briefing with overlay audio.
Action has been taken against 73 Twitter handles which have been suspended, four YouTube vidoes which have been removed, and one Instagram game which has also been brought down, MoS for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in a tweet.
The owners of these accounts are being identified and will be prosecuted under law and these social media platforms will be reviewed on their due diligence, he added.
Task force on Safe&Trusted Internet at @GoI_MeitY at work👇🏻
Handles tht tried to push fake/inciting content on twitter, youtube, fb, insta hv been blockd.
Also
a. ownrs of accnts being ID'd for actn under law.
b. to review platforms on their due diligence#SafeInternet 🇮🇳 https://t.co/52uQfIqOU6— Rajeev Chandrasekhar 🇮🇳 (@RajeevRC_X) January 8, 2022
Action was also taken against Telegram channels and Facebook profiles that posted insulting comments about women.
The ministry has contacted YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Telegram, requesting that action be made against such accounts as soon as possible.
