Any website or YouTube channel that spreads misinformation about India or conspires against it will be blocked: Minister I-B

Following the blocking of 20 YouTube channels and two websites for spreading anti-India propaganda and fake news a few days ago, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur warned on Wednesday that the government would continue to take such measures against those "hatching conspiracy against the country." 

I had given the order to take action against them. I'm glad that many major countries throughout the world are aware of it. When asked about the problem, Thakur told reporters that YouTube has also come forward and taken action to block them.

The I&B ministry ordered the shutdown of 20 YouTube channels and two websites in December last year in a "closely coordinated" effort with intelligence agencies because they were propagating anti-India propaganda and fake news. 

Action will be done in the future to prevent any such account from planning conspiracies against India, propagating misinformation, and dividing society, the minister stated. 

The ministry said in a statement in December that these 20 YouTube channels and websites were part of a "organised disinformation network operating out of Pakistan, distributing false information regarding different sensitive matters linked to India."

According to the report, the channels were used to distribute "divisive content in a planned manner on issues such as Kashmir, the Indian army, minority communities in India, Ram Mandir, General Bipin Rawat, and others."