Govt orders blocking of 35 Pak-based YouTube channels, two sites
New Delhi: The Central government on Friday informed that it has issued directions for blocking 35 Youtube channels, half a dozen social media accounts and a couple of websites for running fake anti-India news and other content.
During a press briefing, Vikram Sahay, Joint Secretary (P&A), I&B Ministry, said, “Yesterday on 20th January, based on fresh intelligence inputs which the Ministry received, we have issued directions for blocking 35 YouTube channels, 2 Twitter accounts, 2 Instagram Accounts, 2 websites & a Facebook account.”
“The common factor amongst all these accounts have been that they operate from Pakistan and spread fake anti-India news & other content,” he added.
I&B Ministry Secretary Apurv Chandra further confirmed that the Pakistan-based YouTube channels and social media accounts have been blocked under the IT Act.
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