In yet another move to stop voices of dissent against its culture of hate mongering, India has blocked 35 Pakistan-based YouTube channels and two websites along with several social media handles.
The YouTube accounts blocked by India have a total subscriber base of over 12 million and their videos have over 1300 million views.
In a statement, India’s Information and Broadcasting Ministry said that “the YouTube channels, websites, and other social media accounts blocked by the ministry were used by Pakistan for spreading anti-India fake news about sensitive subjects related to India”.
“Yesterday, based on fresh intelligence inputs which the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting received, we have issued directions for blocking 35 YouTube channels, including Khabar with Facts, Global Truth, Information Hub, Apni Duniya TV and Khoji TV, two Twitter accounts, two Instagram accounts, one Facebook account, two websites, whose YouTube channels were also blocked,” said Joint Secretary (P&A) Vikram Sahay, adding that the common factor amongst all these accounts have been that they “operate from Pakistan”.
With additional input from APP
