Centre Blocks Twitter, Youtube Links Sharing BBC Series On PM Modi

New Delhi: The Centre has ordered Twitter and YouTube to take down links of a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Many tweets and YouTube videos of the documentary titled “India: The Modi Question” no longer appear on microblogging and video-sharing websites.

On Saturday, the central government took the call to block the BBC series on YouTube and YouTube links to the BBC documentary.

As per sources, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued directions for blocking multiple YouTube videos which published the first episode of the BBC Documentary. They said that orders were also issued to Twitter for blocking over 50 tweets pertaining to the link to the BBC series. The directions were given by the secretary of the I&B Ministry.

Both YouTube and Twitter have complied with the directions, sources said.

Taking to Twitter, an advisor to the I&B Ministry, Kanchan Gupta, shared the update, stating, “BBC’s vile propaganda was found to be undermining the sovereignty and integrity of India, and having the potential to adversely impact India’s friendly relations with foreign countries as also public order within the country.”