Twitter warns Pakistani rights activists over content flagged by the government
6 years, 2 months ago

Twitter warns Pakistani rights activists over content flagged by the government

Firstpost  

Twitter lets users know when it receives a govt request to remove their content for violations of law. Two Pakistani rights activists said on Monday they had been warned by Twitter about objectionable content on the social media network, a move that signals an ongoing push by authorities in the South Asian country to rein in free speech online. Twitter later said it lets users know when it receives a government request to remove their content for violations of law or the company’s terms of service. “Pakistani authorities … are pressuring Twitter to take ‘legal’ steps against me,” Siddiqui, a correspondent for France 24 television, who fled Pakistan this year, told Reuters. “Twitter should stop becoming a facilitator of repressive regimes.” Pakistan’s Information Minister Fawwad Chaudhry told Reuters his office was “trying to establish close coordination” with Twitter to curb “hate speech and death threats”, but did not directly respond to questions on the cases of Siddiqui or Gul Bukhari, another activist who received two warnings.

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Need stricter laws to curb ‘vulgar content’ on OTT, says Ashwini Vaishnaw
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Need stricter laws to curb ‘vulgar content’ on OTT, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

Hindustan Times  

Stronger laws are required to deal with obscenity in social media, Union minister of information and broadcasting and electronics and information technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, especially since they lack the editorial checks of traditional media. Vaishnaw was responding to first time BJP MP Arun Govil’s question on whether a mechanism existed to check “telecast …

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: I&B Minister Vaishnaw
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: I&B Minister Vaishnaw

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said there is a need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media platforms. Today, social media is a platform for freedom of press but it is uncontrolled and there is vulgar content, the minister said during the Question Hour. There is a need to make existing …

Doesn't match our culture: Minister for laws to curb social media vulgar content
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Doesn't match our culture: Minister for laws to curb social media vulgar content

India Today  

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday called for laws to curb objectionable content on social media and hoped that the Opposition would have a discussion on the same. The government has urged social media platforms to be more proactive in content moderation, especially when it comes to harmful or illegal content. It said that social media companies …

Pakistan partially suspends mobile, internet services ahead of pro-Imran Khan protest
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Pakistan partially suspends mobile, internet services ahead of pro-Imran Khan protest

New Indian Express  

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Sunday suspended mobile and internet services “in areas with security concerns” as supporters of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan geared up for a protest in the capital. His supporters rely heavily on social media to demand his release and use messaging platforms like WhatsApp to share information, including details of events. The government is imposing social media platform …

Businesses, rights defenders decry Pakistan internet slowdown
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Businesses, rights defenders decry Pakistan internet slowdown

The Hindu  

Pakistan's Government is throttling the internet and social media while it tests new controls to crush dissent, activists and business leaders say, putting the country's economic recovery at risk. "The Internet slowdown is due to the installation of a national firewall and content filtering system by the state aimed at increasing surveillance and at censoring political dissent, especially the criticism …

Abductions by intelligence agencies continue in Pakistan for criticising govt: Families
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Abductions by intelligence agencies continue in Pakistan for criticising govt: Families

The Hindu  

Intelligence agencies in Pakistan continue to abduct social media activists and vloggers for criticising the government and the powerful military establishment in the country, their families have alleged, and approached Courts in Punjab province. Two social media activists of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, Naeem Ahmad Yasin and Arsalan Akbar, and Vlogger-comedian Aun Khosa, have allegedly been …

Pakistan government defends X ban in court, cites compliance with laws
6 months ago

Pakistan government defends X ban in court, cites compliance with laws

The Hindu  

Pakistan authorities on Monday informed a high court that banning the social media platform X is not against the laws of the country. The Sindh High Court was hearing a case against the ban on the social media platform X, which was blocked on February 17 in the wake of rigging controversy during the Feb 8 elections. "X has not …

Pakistan's Punjab to ban social media platforms for 6 days during Muharram to control 'hate material'
6 months, 1 week ago

Pakistan's Punjab to ban social media platforms for 6 days during Muharram to control 'hate material'

The Hindu  

After blocking X, formerly Twitter, for over four months, the government in Pakistan's Punjab province is now set to ban all social media platforms - YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok - for six days between July 13 and 18, citing the need to control "hate material" during the Islamic month of Muharram. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz's Cabinet committee on …

Pakistan to ban social media platforms from July 13 to 18 to control 'hate material' during Ramzaan
6 months, 1 week ago

Pakistan to ban social media platforms from July 13 to 18 to control 'hate material' during Ramzaan

Firstpost  

The Punjab government of Maryam Nawaz has requested her uncle Shehbaz Sharif’s government at the Centre to notify the suspension of all social media platforms on internet for six days After successfully blocking X, formerly Twitter, for over four months, the Pakistan government is now set to ban all social media platforms - YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok - …

Pakistan to ban all social media platforms for 6 days during Muharram
6 months, 1 week ago

Pakistan to ban all social media platforms for 6 days during Muharram

Hindustan Times  

After successfully blocking X, formerly Twitter, for over four months, the Pakistan government is now set to ban all social media platforms -- YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok -- for six days from July 13 to 18, citing the need to control "hate material" during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz's …

Pakistan to ban social media platforms for 6 days to control 'hate material' during Ramadan
6 months, 1 week ago

Pakistan to ban social media platforms for 6 days to control 'hate material' during Ramadan

ABP News  

Lahore, Jul 5 : After successfully blocking X, formerly Twitter, for over four months, the Pakistan government is now set to ban all social media platforms -- YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok -- for six days from July 13 to 18, citing the need to control "hate material" during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz's cabinet …

X working with Pakistan government to 'understand concerns' over ban
8 months, 3 weeks ago

X working with Pakistan government to 'understand concerns' over ban

Hindustan Times  

Social media platform X said Thursday it would work with Pakistan's government "to understand its concerns" after authorities said an ongoing two-month ban was based on security grounds. "We continue to work with the Pakistani Government to understand their concerns," X's Global Government Affairs team posted, in their first comments since the site was disrupted. On the same day, the …

Pakistan High Court orders government to restore X in one week: lawyer
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Pakistan High Court orders government to restore X in one week: lawyer

The Hindu  

Coming down heavily on the continuous suspension of social media platform X in Pakistan since February, the Sindh High Court on Wednesday directed the Ministry of Interior to revoke its decision on the suspension within one week, according to a media report. SHC Chief Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi, while hearing multiple petitions on the suspension of the social media platform …

Pakistan imposed ban on Twitter in February over national security concerns: Interior ministry
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Pakistan imposed ban on Twitter in February over national security concerns: Interior ministry

India TV News  

Islamabad: Pakistan's interior ministry on Wednesday said it had blocked the social media platform X in February over national security concerns after the general elections, confirming suspicions of a long-suspected nationwide shutdown. On March 20, the interior ministry informed the Sindh High Court that the social media platform was blocked in February pending further orders on the reports of intelligence …

Pakistan says it blocked social media platform X over ‘national security’
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Pakistan says it blocked social media platform X over ‘national security’

Al Jazeera  

The platform remained inaccessible to users, but government officials refused to acknowledge any restrictions, until now. Pakistan blocked access to social media platform X around the time of elections in February, the interior ministry said, citing national security concerns. Users had reported problems using the platform, formerly known as Twitter, since mid-February, when jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party …

'We don't want insurrectionists': Justice Kagan blows up on Florida's social media law
10 months, 2 weeks ago

'We don't want insurrectionists': Justice Kagan blows up on Florida's social media law

Raw Story  

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan grilled Florida solicitor Henry Whitaker over laws that would prevent social media companies from taking down objectionable content during oral arguments at the Court on Monday. "I mean, we point out in our brief that when we think that if you had a, an internet platform that indeed had a platform driven message, was selective …

Pakistan blocks X for the sixth day as activists criticize the social media platform's shutdown
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Pakistan blocks X for the sixth day as activists criticize the social media platform's shutdown

The Hindu  

Pakistan's media regulators have blocked the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, with users across the country on Thursday enduring the sixth day of sweeping disruptions, partial and complete shutdowns. The outage was first observed over the weekend when the political party of Pakistan's imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced protests against what it says were rigged Feb. 8 …

Pakistan blocks X for the sixth day as activists criticize the social media platform’s shutdown
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Pakistan blocks X for the sixth day as activists criticize the social media platform’s shutdown

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s media regulators have blocked the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, with users across the country on Thursday enduring the sixth day of sweeping disruptions, partial and complete shutdowns. The outage was first observed over the weekend when the political party of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced protests against what it says were rigged …

US calls on Pakistan to lift internet shutdowns, social media restrictions
10 months, 3 weeks ago

US calls on Pakistan to lift internet shutdowns, social media restrictions

Live Mint  

The United States on Wednesday condemned the internet shutdowns in Pakistan, including the restrictions on social media platforms, and has urged the Pakistani government to lift them. Internet outages, and restrictions on social media applications like X were imposed in Pakistan on Saturday after a senior government official made a public admission of vote manipulation in the February 8 election. …

X faces restrictions in Pakistan amid protests over alleged vote rigging
10 months, 3 weeks ago

X faces restrictions in Pakistan amid protests over alleged vote rigging

Al Jazeera  

The social media platform continues to be inaccessible to users in Pakistan since Saturday amid protests against alleged vote manipulation. NetBlocks, an organisation that monitors accessibility issues on the internet, On February 17 confirmed that a “national-scale disruption” has hit X in Pakistan in the aftermath of widespread protests in the country triggered by the alleged vote rigging in general …

Kashmir netizens face action over social media posts ahead of Supreme Court’s verdict on Article 370
1 year, 1 month ago

Kashmir netizens face action over social media posts ahead of Supreme Court’s verdict on Article 370

The Hindu  

The Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a crackdown on netizens and booked scores in Kashmir ahead of the Supreme Court’s verdict on Article 370. A police spokesperson said one person from north Kashmir’s Baramulla faced legal proceedings for his social media posts. “The action is in response to his uploading hateful videos containing inflammatory and seditious statements on social media …

Warn users against posting illegal content, govt tells social media platforms
1 year, 1 month ago

Warn users against posting illegal content, govt tells social media platforms

Hindustan Times  

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology wants all social media platforms to develop an in-app mechanism to report violations of Rule 3 of the Information Technology Rules 2021, and to inform users how uploading content that violates this rule can attract punishment under other Indian laws. After the last meeting on November 24, Chandrasekhar said the ministry would appoint …

Posting social media content that promotes disharmony will soon be criminalised in J&K: DGP
1 year, 1 month ago

Posting social media content that promotes disharmony will soon be criminalised in J&K: DGP

Hindustan Times  

Posting any content on social media that promotes disharmony will be a criminal offence in Jammu and Kashmir, director general of police RR Swain said on Thursday. Posting such messages or videos by “terrorists, separatists or anti-national elements” will be a crime, Swain said.” Under 144 CrPC, we have decided to bring a law on the posting of any type …

Musk's X challenges India court ruling on content blocking orders
1 year, 5 months ago

Musk's X challenges India court ruling on content blocking orders

The Hindu  

Social media platform X has sought to quash an Indian court decision that found it non-compliant with content removal orders, arguing the ruling could embolden the government to block more content. X, formerly known as Twitter, in July 2022 sought to overturn some government orders to remove content from its platform, without specifying which. If X's appeal is rejected, the …

Thwarting Twitter: on the Karnataka High Court ruling
1 year, 6 months ago

Thwarting Twitter: on the Karnataka High Court ruling

The Hindu  

It is unfortunate that the petition by Twitter, Inc. challenging the validity of the spate of blocking orders passed by the Union government was rejected by the Karnataka High Court. While success in litigation involving the government’s power to restrict speech and expression on grounds permitted in Article 19 of the Constitution was always expected to be difficult, it is …

Turkey elections: Why Twitter’s decision to block content matters.
55 years ago

Turkey elections: Why Twitter’s decision to block content matters.

Slate  

Late Saturday night, when I saw the tweet from Twitter’s Global Affairs account announcing it had complied with a government request to restrict access to content in Turkey on the eve of our country’s presidential elections, I felt a deep sense of Here we go again. I’m pretty familiar with the government’s attempt to limit Twitter accounts and tweets for …

Twitter Confirms Censorship Of Content To Remain Operational During Turkey Elections
1 year, 7 months ago

Twitter Confirms Censorship Of Content To Remain Operational During Turkey Elections

ABP News  

Twitter has officially acknowledged that it implemented content restrictions in Turkey ahead of the country's recent presidential election. It stated, "In order to comply with legal procedures and ensure that Twitter remains accessible to the people of Turkey, we have taken steps to limit access to certain content within Turkey today." We were in negotiation with the Turkish Government throughout …

Delhi HC asks media, Google, Twitter to block links articles claiming Muslim man forced woman to convert
1 year, 8 months ago

Delhi HC asks media, Google, Twitter to block links articles claiming Muslim man forced woman to convert

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on May 12 directed certain media houses and social media platforms, including Twitter and Google, to block the links of news reports and videos claiming that a Muslim man allegedly forced a woman to convert to Islam. The High Court issued notice to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Press Council of India, News Broadcasting …

Pakistan blocks Twitter, restricts internet after Khan’s arrest
1 year, 8 months ago

Pakistan blocks Twitter, restricts internet after Khan’s arrest

Al Jazeera  

The move comes as violence erupts in several cities after the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. *********Pakistani authorities have restricted access to Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms amid mounting violence in the country generated by the arrest of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Amnesty International said officials at Pakistan’s telecommunication authority told the UK-based rights …

World Press Freedom Day | How free speech in India is compromised by government control over platforms: Book excerpt from ‘Caged Tiger: How Too Much Government is Holding Indians Back’ by Subhashish B
1 year, 8 months ago

World Press Freedom Day | How free speech in India is compromised by government control over platforms: Book excerpt from ‘Caged Tiger: How Too Much Government is Holding Indians Back’ by Subhashish B

The Hindu  

Published : May 03, 2023 07:00 IST - 6 MINS READ In December 2004, the Delhi Police arrested Avnish Bajaj, the CEO of Baazee.com, because someone in Kharagpur, West Bengal, tried to sell through the website video copies of two Delhi-based students having sex. Social media companies, a term left vague and expansive, need to take down content within 36 …

Twitter takes down tweets globally in response to Punjab & Haryana HC directive
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter takes down tweets globally in response to Punjab & Haryana HC directive

The Hindu  

Twitter globally took down tweets from Indian users in response to an order from the Punjab & Haryana High Court issued in February, according to information from the social media platform provided to Saurav Das, a transparency activist and journalist whose posts were removed from the platform recently. “Since I had nothing to do with the suo-motu criminal contempt case …

Twitter says removed more content in first half of 2022 than in previous six months
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter says removed more content in first half of 2022 than in previous six months

The Hindu  

Twitter will not be publishing a formal transparency report for the year 2022, the social media platform announced on its blog on April 25. It is not clear if the company has also chosen to stop publishing routine disclosures of copyright and government takedown requests on the Lumen Database — Twitter doesn’t appear to have disclosed any Indian takedown requests …

Twitter’s updated hateful content policy restricts reach, but does not enforce full ban
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter’s updated hateful content policy restricts reach, but does not enforce full ban

The Hindu  

Twitter will no longer remove tweets that violate its hateful content policy, but will instead tag them as having violated the rules of the platform. The new policy is aimed at increasing transparency on enforcement actions, and to promote free speech while restricting its reach – a new approach to content moderation. “These labels bring a new level of transparency …

Musk ‘not aware’ about Twitter deleting content on BBC's Modi documentary
1 year, 9 months ago

Musk ‘not aware’ about Twitter deleting content on BBC's Modi documentary

Hindustan Times  

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said that some rules related to social media are ‘quite strict’ in India while adding that he is not aware about ‘what exactly happened’ when Twitter took down content related to a documentary critical to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. don't know what exactly happened with some content situation in India," Musk told UK-based British …

‘Unaware why Twitter India pulled posts on BBC docu…’, Elon Musk
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Unaware why Twitter India pulled posts on BBC docu…’, Elon Musk

Live Mint  

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said that he was not aware of what exactly happened when the microblogging site took down content related to a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this year. India ordered the blocking of a BBC documentary in January that questioned Modi's leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots, saying that even sharing of …

Elon Musk Says He Was Unaware Of Twitter Removing Posts On BBC Prime Minister Narendra Modi Documentary Remove Tweet
1 year, 9 months ago

Elon Musk Says He Was Unaware Of Twitter Removing Posts On BBC Prime Minister Narendra Modi Documentary Remove Tweet

ABP News  

On Wednesday morning, Elon Musk participated in a Twitter Spaces conversation with BBC journalist James Clayton. During the conversation, Clayton asked the Twitter CEO about the microblogging platform's removal of posts related to a BBC documentary on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which was later banned in India. Musk clarified that he was not aware of this particular case, but …

Aakar Patel | Fact-checking' by govt & the truth: Sweeping powers to curb dissent?
1 year, 9 months ago

Aakar Patel | Fact-checking' by govt & the truth: Sweeping powers to curb dissent?

Deccan Chronicle  

On April 6, 2023, the Union government passed new rules, allowing it to identify what it thought was any fake or false or misleading content online related to the government. This would be done by a “fact check unit” set up by the government, which would send takedown orders to the social media platforms. The rules would give the government …

Draconian rules: The Hindu Editorial on the impact of the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

Draconian rules: The Hindu Editorial on the impact of the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023

The Hindu  

April 10, 2023 12:20 am | Updated 08:39 am IST With the advent of social media — the product of the evolution of the Internet into a sphere of communication that allows for relatively unfettered user-generated content — the problem of misinformation has taken a grotesque form. In the IT Amendment Rules, 2023, the Union government has added a provision …

Twitter takes down post on Home Minister globally
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter takes down post on Home Minister globally

The Hindu  

In an apparent first, Twitter appears to have withheld a tweet globally in response to a “legal demand” in India. Journalist and Right to Information activist Saurav Das posted a screenshot of two past tweets, one of which appears to quote Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, with a message from the social media platform stating that the content …

Minister reacts to Yechury's ‘draconian’ tweet over IT rules for ‘fake’ news
1 year, 9 months ago

Minister reacts to Yechury's ‘draconian’ tweet over IT rules for ‘fake’ news

Hindustan Times  

Minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday once again dismissed concerns that the amendments to the Information Technology Rules, 2021, would lead to censorship and lashed out at CPI general secretary Sitaram Yechury for terming it a “draconian and anti-democratic” move. “Modi govt's Executive amendments to the Rules of the IT Act is a direct attack …

Twitter Blocked a Country
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter Blocked a Country

Slate  

On Wednesday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a virtual address at the second-ever Summit for Democracy, hailing his country as the “best example of democracy in the world.” As Modi’s words were beamed out to dozens of other nations, the Indian government was cracking down on its citizens’ digital rights—again. Indian authorities, who have still not caught Singh, have …

Government flags ‘unverified’ tweets on Punjab issue
1 year, 9 months ago

Government flags ‘unverified’ tweets on Punjab issue

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has continued its crackdown on posts on Twitter, according to public filings obtained by The Hindu. While some of the removed tweets and accounts contain unverified information on the situation in Punjab, where police continue to search for the pro-Khalistan preacher Amritpal Singh, the tweets flagged by the government also include older posts …

Twitter bans Pakistan government’s account in India
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter bans Pakistan government’s account in India

Live Mint  

The official Twitter account of the Pakistan government, in response to a legal demand, has been banned in India. Additionally, in August, India blocked eight YouTube-based news channels, including one based in Pakistan, as well as a Facebook account that was disseminating "fake, anti-India content" online. Meanwhile, Pakistan has been removed from the EU's "High-Risk Third Countries" list due to …

Pakistan bans airing of Imran Khan speeches, suspends TV channel
1 year, 10 months ago

Pakistan bans airing of Imran Khan speeches, suspends TV channel

Al Jazeera  

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s media regulator has banned television channels from broadcasting speeches and news conferences by Imran Khan, accusing the former prime minister of attacking the state’s institutions and promoting hatred. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority imposed the ban late on Sunday after Khan gave a speech in the eastern city of Lahore, where he alleged that former …

Pakistan unblocks Wikipedia just days after ban for ‘blasphemous content’
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan unblocks Wikipedia just days after ban for ‘blasphemous content’

The Independent  

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Wikipedia again up and running as Pakistan lifts ban on site
1 year, 11 months ago

Wikipedia again up and running as Pakistan lifts ban on site

The Independent  

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Pakistan blocks Wikipedia, says it hurt Muslim sentiments
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan blocks Wikipedia, says it hurt Muslim sentiments

The Independent  

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As Musk is learning, content moderation is a messy job
2 years, 1 month ago

As Musk is learning, content moderation is a messy job

Associated Press  

Now that he’s back on Twitter, neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin wants somebody to explain the rules. Days later, it posted an update claiming that “None of our policies have changed.” On Friday, Musk revealed what he said was the inside story of Twitter’s decision in 2020 to limit the spread of a New York Post story about Hunter Biden’s laptop. “Impossible, …

Musk says granting ‘amnesty’ to suspended Twitter accounts
2 years, 1 month ago

Musk says granting ‘amnesty’ to suspended Twitter accounts

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — New Twitter owner Elon Musk said Thursday that he is granting “amnesty” for suspended accounts, which online safety experts predict will spur a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation. Reinstating banned accounts could mean bringing back the “worst offenders” including neo-Nazi trolls, people who maliciously posted intimate images of people without their consent and other accounts …

Twitter withholds Pakistan govt’s account in India for the second time
2 years, 3 months ago

Twitter withholds Pakistan govt’s account in India for the second time

Live Mint  

In the second time this year, the Twitter account of the Government of Pakistan has been withheld for users in India on 1 October, 2022. Previously, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry had blocked 16 YouTube news channels including six Pakistan-based channels for spreading disinformation related to India's national security, foreign relations, and public order. In August this year, India blocked …

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