The Congress on October 19 accused YouTube of “playing” into the hands of the ruling dispensation after the social media platform advised viewer discretion to watch speeches made by party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Telangana a day earlier.
“By putting a warning tagline on @RahulGandhi’s and @priyankagandhi’s speeches, made in Telangana yesterday, that the content “may contain suicide or self-harm topics”, YouTube has proved beyond any doubt that it is playing into the hands of India’s ruling dispensation, which has been desperately trying to block the messaging from the Opposition,” Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X.
