NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government, yesterday, banned 35 YouTube-based news channels and two websites, which it said were involved in spreading anti-India fake news, in a coordinated manner over digital media.
An official statement, issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, said that, the YouTube accounts blocked, had a total subscriber base of over 12 million, and their videos had over 1.3 billion views.
Additionally, two Twitter accounts, two Instagram accounts, and one Facebook account have also been blocked by the government, for the same reason, according to the statement.
The channels were part of a network that used common hashtags and editing styles, and were being operated by common persons, and cross promoted each other’s content, said the statement.– NNN-PTI
