The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has conveyed it clearly to Social Media giants to block the first episode of the documentary by BBC. This paves the way for center to take down the links of a BBC documentary on 2002 Gujarat riots and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Centre orders Twitter and YouTube to take down links of controversial BBC documentary
Many Tweets and YouTube videos of documentary titled ‘India’ : The Modi Question’ no longer appear on the microblogging and video-sharing websites.
Rishi Sunak distances himself from controversial BBC documentary
This move comes after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak distanced himself from the documentary series, saying he “doesn’t agree with the characterization” of his Indian counterpart in the UK’s parliament by Pakistan origin MP Imran Hussein.
According to the people, the ministry instructed Twitter to remove over 50 tweets about the BBC documentary.
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Allegation by Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brian
Twitter removed some opposition leaders’ tweets about the documentary, including Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien.
“Censorship. Twitter has taken down my tweet of the BBC documentary. It received lakhs of views. The one-hour BBC documentary exposes how PM hates minorities,”
As per people familiar with the situation, the I&B Ministry issued the order to remove the links using emergency powers under the Information Technology Rules, 2021, and both YouTube and Twitter agreed to comply.
Documentary: A “Propaganda piece” that lacks objectivity and reflects a colonial mindset
The documentary has been dubbed a “propaganda piece” in India because it lacks objectivity and reflects a colonial mindset. The centre has also instructed YouTube and Twitter to remove any new links to the documentary if they are uploaded or tweeted again.
Apart from I&B, officials from several ministries, including home and foreign, have closely examined the documentary and found it to be an attempt to cast doubt on the Supreme Court’s authority and credibility, sow divisions among communities in India, and make unsubstantiated allegations about the actions of foreign governments in India, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Supreme Court appointed investigation
A Supreme Court-ordered investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing by PM Modi, who was Gujarat’s Chief Minister at the time of the riots in February 2002.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s defense of PM Modi
Prime Minister Sunak, the son-in-law of Infosys founder Narayana Murthy, said yesterday, while shutting down the Pakistan-origin MP who raised the documentary in the British parliament, “The UK government’s position on this has been clear and long-standing and hasn’t changed, of course, we don’t tolerate persecution where it appears anywhere but I am not sure I agree at all with the characterization that the honourable gentleman has put forward to.”
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