The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcast on Monday said that it has
blocked 45 videos, 10 YouTube channels blocked for airing fake news with intent
to spread religious hatred.
The content included fake news and morphed videos spread with the intent to spread
hatred among religious communities. Such videos could cause communal disharmony
and disrupt public order in the country.
Some of the videos blocked by the Ministry were being used to spread disinformation
on issues related to Agnipath scheme, Indian Armed Forces, India’s national security
apparatus, Kashmir, etc. The content was observed to be false and sensitive from the
perspective of national security and India’s friendly relations with foreign States.
