Government BANS 8 big YouTube channels for spreading fake news; Check the list
The growing epidemic of misinformation and fake news on YouTube has become a big problem. Recently, during the Nuh violence, the state government had to shut down the internet in the district in order to keep the misinformation and provocative messages away from the region. Now, in a shocker, India has banned a total of eight YouTube channels. The total subscriber count of these channels reached a massive 23 million, and as per the government, all of them were involved in spreading fake news.
According to a report by PTI, the channels were ‘busted' for spreading fake news such as the declaration of early Lok Sabha polls and banning electronic voting machines. Concerningly, the videos from these channels were regularly watched by a large number of people, which could have led to the mass spread of misinformation.
As per the report, the officials said videos on these YouTube channels were fact-checked by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) for spreading false news. The following is the list of the channels that were banned.
World Best News, a YouTube channel with over 1.7 million subscribers and more than 18 crore views, was found to be misrepresenting the Indian Army, officials said.
They said the channel Educational Dost, with over 3.43 million subscribers and 23 crore views, was spreading false information about government schemes, while SPN9 news with over 4.8 million subscribers and 189 crore views was propagating fake news pertaining to the president, prime minister and several central ministers.
The channel Sarkari Vlog with over 4.5 million subscribers and over 9.4 crore views was found to be spreading fake news about government schemes, officials said.
They said Channel 'KPS News' which has over one million subscribers
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