NEW DELHI: The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry on Tuesday ordered blocking of 22 YouTube-based news channels —18 of them from India — three Twitter accounts, one Facebook account and a news website for spreading disinformation related to the country’s national security and foreign relations.
The blocked YouTube channels, the ministry said, were used to spread fake news and coordinated disinformation over social media on sensitive subjects from the perspective of national security, India's foreign relations and public order.