According to a press free up through the Press Information Bureau (PIB), 3 YouTube channels were “busted” for spreading false data in India. These channels are News Headlines, Sarkari Update and Aaj Tak Live. These YouTube channels had just about 33 lakh subscribers and their movies, virtually all of that have been discovered to be false, have been watched over 30 crore instances, mentioned PIB within the free up.
Why have been the channels banned?
According to PIB, the channels have been fact-checked and have been discovered to unfold “false and sensational claims about the Hon’ble supreme court of India, Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, Government schemes, Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), farm loan waivers, etc. among other fake news.” This is the primary time when PIB has uncovered complete YouTube channels as in opposition to person posts on social media spreading false claims, famous the discharge.
Some examples of pretend information incorporated the Supreme Court to have dominated that long term elections can be performed through poll papers; the Government giving cash to those that have financial institution accounts, Aadhar Cards and PAN playing cards; ban on EVMs, amongst others.
The YouTube channels have been noticed to be the usage of pretend and sensational thumbnails with trademarks of TV channels and pictures in their information anchors to deceive the audience to consider that the inside track used to be original. “These channels were also found to be displaying advertisements on their videos, and monetising misinformation on YouTube,” added PIB within the press free up.
Of the 3 channels banned, News Headlines had 9.67 lakh subscribers, Sarkari Update had 22.6 lakh subscribers and Aaj Tak Live had 65,600 subscribers.