New Delhi: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has ordered the blocking of 22 YouTube channels, three Twitter accounts, one Facebook account and one news portal using emergency power under IT Rules 2021. The blocked YouTube channels had a total viewership of 260 million. These accounts and channels were being used to spread fake news and misinformation on social media on sensitive and matters relating to India's security, foreign policy and public order.

On the basis of the same IT Rules 2021, this is the first time that action has been taken on Indian YouTube channels. Let us inform that the government had issued the notification of IT Rules 2021 in February last year. Under the new blocking order, 18 Indian and 4 Pakistani YouTube channels have been banned. The same YouTube channels were being used to spread fake news on all issues. Especially on issues like Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir, fake posts were being made through these channels. Anti-India content posted through all social media accounts has also been blocked.  In the investigation, it has been found that many wrong information on the situation in Ukraine has also been shared by Indian YouTube channels.

The posts were being posted by these channels with the intention of affecting India's relations with other countries. With this decision, the ministry has blocked 78 YouTube channels since December last year, which means December 2021. Along with this, many social media accounts have also been banned, which were spreading false information about the security of the country and the issues of public order. The Ministry has said that the Government of India is committed to ensuring an authentic, reliable and secure online news media environment, and thwarts any attempt to undermine India's sovereignty and integrity, national security, foreign relations and public order. .

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