NEW DELHI, June 12, 2023 (BSS) - The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I & B) of India has banned more than 150 websites and YouTube-based news channels since May 2021 for producing "anti-India" content, media report said today quoting officials. The YouTube news channels, which were brought down, had over 12,123,500 subscribers and over 1,320,426,964 views in total. Among the channels which were banned in India included Khabar with Facts, Khabar Taiz, Information Hub, Flash Now, Mera Pakistan, Hakikat Ki Duniya and Apni Dunya TV. The I&B ministry has, from time to time, issued orders to take down YouTube channels for spreading misinformation and threatening the country's sovereignty under the new IT rules incorporated on February 25, 2021. In January last year, the Centre blocked 35 Pakistan-based YouTube channels and two websites for "spreading anti-India fake news in a coordinated manner over digital media", it added.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha June 12, 2023 08:26 UTC