India bans 20 YouTube channels and two websites for alleged “anti-India” propaganda from Pakistan, invoking its new IT Act's emergency powers for the first time
The Economic Times : Tweets: @sidhant , @sidhant , @ajitsinhjagirda , and @evelyndouek See also Mediagazer Tweets: Sidhant Sibal / @sidhant : India's I&B ministry details the list of you tube channels blocked. Also lists the fake news content by them, subscribers. https://twitter.com/... Sidhant Sibal / @sidhant : 20 YouTube Channels, 2 websites blocked for spreading anti-India propaganda. Channels and websites belong to a coordinated disinformation network operating from Pakistan: India's I&B ministry https://twitter.com/... @ajitsinhjagirda : @neerangautam ... Officials said one of the groups identified was ‘Naya Pakistan’, which has over two million subscribers on #YouTube, was running “false news” on issues such as #Kashmir, farmers' protests against the #FarmLaws and Ayodhya. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ ... Evelyn Douek / @evelyndouek : This will probably get lost w everything going on right now, but India is still the most important battle for online freedom of expression happening right now and it's escalating https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer