YouTube has removed a couple of Punjabi songs related to the farmers’ protest from its platform, following the government order. Some of the songs including Ailaan by Kanwar Grewal have been removed. YouTube displays a message stating, “This content is not available on this country domain due to a legal complaint from the government.” However, some users have uploaded the
Twitter takes selective approach to block accounts flagged by govt amid pressure Twitter takes selective approach to block accounts flagged by govt amid pressure
583 out of the 1,178 Twitter accounts flagged by the government have reportedly been suspended but Twitter said that it has not removed accounts belonging to journalists, politicians or news media entities. Twitter said it had informed MeitY of its enforcement actions but was also “actively exploring options under Indian law”.
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Twitter Inc. said Wednesday that it is re-blocking some accounts the Indian government has asked it to take down after the Indian government threatened legal action. Twitter had blocked hundreds of Twitter handles last week at the request of the Central government, but then reversed its decision. Twitter said it had now “withheld a portion of the accounts” identified by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technolog
Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday blocked a music video by famous Punjabi singer Kanwar Grewal titled Ailaan that was related to the farmer protests and raked in over 60 lakh views.YouTube has placed a notification on the original video, saying .