45 YouTube videos from ten channels have been blocked by the center for airing fake news and morphing images to incite religious communities to hatred.
Examples include untrue allegations that the government has restricted some communities’ religious freedoms, violent threats against religious groups, and the proclamation of civil war in India.
In a statement released today, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry stated that “Such recordings were found to have the potential to cause communal strife and disrupt public order in the country.”
Using information from intelligence agencies, the government claimed to have stopped the videos. The videos that were prohibited received over 1. 3 crore total views.
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“The ministry restricted some of the films because they were being used to promote false information about the Agnipath plan, the Indian military, India’s national security apparatus, Kashmir, etc. From the perspectives of national security and India’s good ties with other states, the content was found to be inaccurate and sensitive “In the statement, the government made a claim.
“In certain movies, India’s external border was incorrectly shown as extending into Ladakh and portions of Jammu & Kashmir. It was determined that such cartographic deception was harmful to India’s territorial integrity and sovereignty “It said.
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