Analysis of Content

The purpose of the content published by some of these YouTube channels was to spread hatred among religious communities in India. False claims were made in various videos of the blocked YouTube channels. Examples include fake news such as the Government of India to have ordered demolition of religious structures; Government of India to have banned celebration of religious festivals, declaration of religious war in India, etc. Such content was found to have the potential to create communal disharmony and disturb public order in the country.

The YouTube channels were also used to post fake news on various subjects such as the Indian Armed Forces, Jammu and Kashmir, etc. The content was observed to be completely false and sensitive from the perspective of national security and India’s friendly relations with foreign States.

The content blocked by the Ministry was found to be detrimental to sovereignty and integrity of India, security of the State, India’s friendly relations with foreign States, and public order in the country. Accordingly, the content was covered within the ambit of section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

Modus Operandi

The blocked Indian YouTube channels were observed to be using fake and sensational thumbnails, images of news anchors and logos of certain TV news channels to mislead the viewers to believe that the news was authentic.

All the YouTube channels blocked by the Ministry were displaying advertisements on their videos having false content detrimental to communal harmony, public order and India’s foreign relations.

With this action, since December 2021, the Ministry has issued directions for blocking of 102 YouTube based news channels and several other social media accounts. The Government of India remains committed towards ensuring an authentic, trustworthy, and safe online news media environment, and thwart any attempts at undermining India’s sovereignty and integrity, national security, foreign relations, and public order.

Details of Social Media Accounts and URLs Blocked

YouTube Channels

Sl. No.

YouTube channel Name

Media Statistics

Loktantra Tv

23,72,27,331 views

12.90 lakh subscribers

U&V TV

14,40,03,291 views

10.20 lakh subscribers

AM Razvi

1,22,78,194 views

95, 900 subscribers

Gouravshali Pawan Mithilanchal

15,99,32,594 views

7 lakh subscribers

SeeTop5TH

24,83,64,997 views

33.50 lakh subscribers

Sarkari Update

70,41,723 views

80,900 subscribers

Sab Kuch Dekho

32,86,03,227 views

19.40 lakh subscribers

News ki Dunya (Pakistan based)

61,69,439 views

97,000 subscribers

Total

Over 114 crore views,

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And, the actor is at it again. On late Sunday night, the actor quote retweeted a picture, which claimed to be a satellite photo of India during the #9pm9minutes activity. PM Narendra Modi had appealed to the nation to switch off all lights of houses on April 5 at 9 PM for 9 minutes, and just light a candle, ‘diya’, or flashlight, to show the unity of Indians in the fight against coronavirus.

“When the world was wavering! Hindustan was shining! Today’s picture is telling this,” the picture was tweeted alongside this post. Bachchan quote retweeted the photo by writing, “The World sees us.. we are ONE..”
The World sees us .. we are ONE

A little digging quickly showed that the picture was not a satellite photo of India during the #9pm9minutes activity on Sunday, but rather, a photoshopped image of Google’s visualisation of the global effects of the #MeToo movement that showed all of India brightly lit up with people searching for information about the movement.

Soon after Bachchan’s tweet went viral, netizens started trolling him for sharing yet another “fake WhatsApp forward” on social media.

One user wrote, “And the #KingOfFakeNews is back appreciating a Whatsapp forward. Request
@TwitterIndia to suspend him and save us the daily embarrassment.” (sic)

Another tweeted, “Whatsapp ruined the celebs by unmasking them and exposing their superlative levels of stupidity.”

It is the third time that Bachchan, who has been raising awareness about the deadly virus via PSAs and short films, has attracted criticism for sharing a post that many on social media say is unverified and fake.

Earlier, during the Janta curfew announcement by Modi on last Sunday, Bachchan had tweeted a fake theory that claimed vibrations from clapping, blowing conch shells would have reduced or destroyed coronavirus potency as it was “amavasya”, the darkest day of the month.

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