Govt blocks 16 YouTube channels for spreading disinformation
New Delhi Apr 25 PTI The government on Monday blocked 16 YouTube channels including six operating from Pakistan and a Facebook account for spreading disinformation related to Indias national security foreign relations and public order an official statement saidThe blocked YouTube channels and the Facebook account had a cumulative viewership of over 68 crore and were spreading false unverified information to create panic incite communal disharmony and disturb public order in India the Information and Broadcasting Ministry statement saidNone of the digital news publishers had furnished information to the ministry as required under Rule 18 of the IT Rules 2021 it said PTI SKU SKU ANB ANB
New Delhi Apr 25 PTI The government on Monday blocked 16 YouTube channels including six operating from Pakistan and a Facebook account for spreading disinformation related to Indias national security foreign relations and public order an official statement saidThe blocked YouTube channels and the Facebook account had a cumulative viewership of over 68 crore and were spreading false unverified information to create panic incite communal disharmony and disturb public order in India the Information and Broadcasting Ministry statement saidNone of the digital news publishers had furnished information to the ministry as required under Rule 18 of the IT Rules 2021 it said PTI SKU SKU ANB ANB
