GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 11th March. The central government had blocked at least six YouTube channels allegedly promoting pro-Khalistan sentiments, a senior official said on Friday.
According to Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra, six to eight YouTube channels based in foreign countries have been blocked in the last ten days.
He claimed that the Punjabi-language channels were attempting to incite unrest in the border state.
The government’s action came in the wake of supporters of radical preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh storming a police station in Ajnala with swords and guns to demand the release of one of their aides.
Singh was appointed head of ‘Waris Punjab De,’ which was founded by actor and activist late Deep Sidhu, last year at an event in Moga’s Rode, the hometown of militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
Another senior official stated that YouTube is responding to government requests to block channels within 48 hours.
According to the official, the government has also asked that YouTube use artificial intelligence and algorithms to automatically identify and block objectionable content.
However, YouTube was having issues in India because content was being uploaded in regional languages and systems were in place to screen content in English.
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