Ministry of Information and Broadcasting blocks entry to BBC documentary on 2002 Gujarat riots
3 min readBy Express News Service
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued instructions for blocking a number of YouTube movies, which revealed the primary episode of the BBC Documentary “India: The Modi Question”.
The orders have been additionally issued to Twitter for blocking over 50 tweets containing hyperlinks to YouTube movies.
According to Government sources, the instructions have been issued by the Secretary of Information and Broadcasting ministry on Friday utilizing the emergency powers beneath the IT Rules, 2021.
“Both YouTube and Twitter have complied with the directions,” sources confirmed.
The ministry of exterior affairs had earlier termed the documentary produced by British Broadcasting Corporation–United Kingdome’s (UK’s) public broadcaster, as a ‘propaganda piece’ that lacks objectivity and displays a colonial mindset.
“Let me just make it very clear that we think this is a propaganda piece designed to push a particular discredited narrative. The bias, the lack of objectivity, and frankly a continuing colonial mindset, are blatantly visible,” External Affairs Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi had stated on Thursday whereas responding to questions on the documentary. – PTI
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While it was not made out there in India by BBC in India, some YouTube channels seem to have uploaded it to advertise an anti-India agenda, added sources. YouTube has additionally been instructed to dam the video whether it is once more uploaded on its platform.
Sources stated that senior officers of a number of ministries–external affairs, house affairs and data & broadcasting– examined the documentary and located it to be an try to forged aspersions on the authority and credibility of the Supreme Court of India. It sows divisions amongst numerous Indian communities, and makes unsubstantiated allegations concerning actions of international Governments in India, sources stated.
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“The documentary was accordingly found to be undermining the sovereignty and integrity of
India, and has the potential to adversely impact India’s friendly relations with foreign States as also public order within the country,” stated sources aware of the matter.
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued instructions for blocking a number of YouTube movies, which revealed the primary episode of the BBC Documentary “India: The Modi Question”.
The orders have been additionally issued to Twitter for blocking over 50 tweets containing hyperlinks to YouTube movies.
According to Government sources, the instructions have been issued by the Secretary of Information and Broadcasting ministry on Friday utilizing the emergency powers beneath the IT Rules, 2021.
“Both YouTube and Twitter have complied with the directions,” sources confirmed.
The ministry of exterior affairs had earlier termed the documentary produced by British Broadcasting Corporation–United Kingdome’s (UK’s) public broadcaster, as a ‘propaganda piece’ that lacks objectivity and displays a colonial mindset.
“Let me just make it very clear that we think this is a propaganda piece designed to push a particular discredited narrative. The bias, the lack of objectivity, and frankly a continuing colonial mindset, are blatantly visible,” External Affairs Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi had stated on Thursday whereas responding to questions on the documentary. – PTI
WATCH |
While it was not made out there in India by BBC in India, some YouTube channels seem to have uploaded it to advertise an anti-India agenda, added sources. YouTube has additionally been instructed to dam the video whether it is once more uploaded on its platform.
Sources stated that senior officers of a number of ministries–external affairs, house affairs and data & broadcasting– examined the documentary and located it to be an try to forged aspersions on the authority and credibility of the Supreme Court of India. It sows divisions amongst numerous Indian communities, and makes unsubstantiated allegations concerning actions of international Governments in India, sources stated.
ALSO READ | UK PM Rishi Sunak defends PM Modi over controversial BBC collection
“The documentary was accordingly discovered to be undermining the sovereignty and integrity of
India, and has the potential to adversely influence India’s pleasant relations with international States as additionally public order inside the nation,” stated sources aware of the matter.
