The BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question” launched its first episode, and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued instructions for removing various YouTube videos that published the episode. According to reliable sources, Twitter was also given orders to block more than 50 tweets that contained links to the relevant YouTube videos.
According to reports, the secretary of information and broadcasting issued the directives on Friday while acting under the IT Rules, 2021’s emergency powers. According to the sources, Twitter and YouTube have both followed the rules.
The British Broadcasting Corporation, the public broadcaster in the UK, aired a documentary that the External Affairs Ministry previously referred to as a “propaganda piece” that lacked objectivity and had a colonial attitude. Although it wasn’t publicly available in India, it appears to have been uploaded on YouTube by some networks to advance a negative narrative against India.
According to reports, YouTube has also been told to remove the video from its site if it is ever uploaded there again. Additionally, Twitter has been instructed to locate and remove any tweets that contain links to the video on other sites.
Reliable sources have confirmed that senior officials from several Ministries, including MEA, MHA, and MIB, examined the documentary and determined it to be an attempt to undermine the Supreme Court of India’s authority and credibility, sow discord among different Indian communities, and make unproven claims about the actions of foreign governments in India.
Accordingly, it was determined that the documentary undermined India’s sovereignty and integrity and had the potential to harm both the nation’s good relations with other countries and its internal public order.