India bans 16 Pakistani YouTube channels
Among the many blocked channels are a number of outstanding Pakistani information retailers and personalities, together with:
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Shoaib Akhtar: former Pakistani cricketer with a big YouTube following;
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Arzoo Kazmi: a journalist recognized for her commentary on India-Pakistan relations; and
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Syed Muzammil Shah: a media character with a considerable on-line presence.
The information and present affairs channels being blacked out embrace Daybreak Information, Samaa TV, ARY Information, BOL Information, Raftar, The Pakistan Expertise, Geo Information, Samaa Sports activities, GNN, Uzair Cricket and Suno Information HD. Channels run by people embrace Umar Cheema Unique, Irshad Bhatti, Asma Shirazi, Muneeb Farooq and Razi Naama.
These channels have been allegedly disseminating disinformation associated to India’s nationwide safety, international relations and public order.
Collectively, these YouTube channels had a cumulative viewership of over 6.3080 crore. They have been spreading false and unverified info aimed toward creating panic, inciting communal disharmony and disturbing public order inside India, claimed an official assertion.
The banned channels have been posting pretend information on numerous topics, it alleged, such because the Indian Military, Jammu and Kashmir and India’s international relations vis-a-vis the Pahalgam terror assault.
In a associated transfer, the official X deal with of the Authorities of Pakistan had additionally been withheld by India following the horrific terror assault in Pahalgam, which killed 26 harmless civilians and injured a number of others.
