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Govt tells YouTube to take down 3 channels with nearly 33 lakh subscribers over ‘fake news’

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed YouTube to take down three channels for allegedly making fake claims. 

The channels are Aaj Tak Live, News Headlines, and Sarkari Updates. According to a tweet by DD India, the action came after the channels were found to be peddlers of fake news by PIB’s fact checking unit on Tuesday. They allegedly made fake claims about the supreme court, the prime minister, chief justice, farm loan waivers, Aadhaar schemes, and EVMs, and also allegedly used fake thumbnails containing logos of authentic TV channels and morphed images of prominent news anchors.

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