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Action will be taken against any website ‘hatching conspiracy’, ‘spreading lies’: I&B minister

Weeks after 20 YouTube channels and two websites were blocked for allegedly spreading “anti-India propaganda” and fake news, Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur said the government will continue to crack down on those “hatching conspiracy” against the country, the Indian Express reported.

“I had ordered for action against them.… I am happy that many big countries across the world took cognisance of it. YouTube also came forward and took action to block them…And in future also, action will be taken to block any such account hatching conspiracy against India, spreading lies and dividing the society,” Thakur told reporters on Wednesday.

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