Government has accuse a YouTube channel named News Headlines of spreading fake news against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Supreme Court of India, the Chief Justice of India, and the Election Commission.
According to the Press Information Bureau (PIB), the YouTube channel reportedly has 10 lakh subscribers and 32 crore views.
Government Asks YouTube to Take Down 3 Channels Spreading Fake News, Sensational Claims
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PIB Fact check handle tweeted :
“A YouTube channel ‘News Headlines’ with almost 10 lakh subscribers and 32 crore views has been found to be propagating #FakeNews about the Prime Minister, Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice of India, and the Election Commission of India,”.
A #YouTube channel ‘News Headlines’ with almost 10 lakh subscribers and 32 crore views has been found to be propagating #FakeNews about the Prime Minister, Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice of India, and the Election Commission of India pic.twitter.com/9qUR7xqBd9
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The YouTube channel has accuse of spreading fake news like “elections would be held on ballot paper following the orders of the Chief Justice of India.”
News Headlines YouTube channel has also spread fake news like re-election will be held for 131 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly.
YouTube channel had also claim that Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has resign from the BJP and has join the Congress.
The fact-checking team of the nodal agency communicates to the media on behalf of the Government of India.
It works to identify fake news doing rounds on social media and the channels associated with them to warn people against believing them.
YouTube reveale that it remove 5.6 million (56 lakh) videos from its platform in the month of July and September for violating the platform’s community guidelines.
The platform receive roughly 2,71,000 removal appeals during the two months.
After review, it reinstate about 29,000 appeals, YouTube said at the time.
YouTube also tracks the number of appeals submit by creators in response to videos that are remove, as this helps gain a clearer understanding of the accuracy of its systems, as per YouTube.
