Social Media Handles Spreading "Fake, Inciting Content" Blocked: Minister
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Minister of State for IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said handles that tried to push fake/inciting content on Twitter, Youtube, Facebook and Instagram have been blocked.
The government has blocked several social media handles that were circulating "fake and inciting" content on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, Minister of State for IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said today. Task force on Safe&Trusted Internet at @GoI_MeitY at work????????Handles tht tried to push fake/inciting content on twitter, youtube, fb, insta hv been blockd.Alsoa. ownrs of accnts being ID'd for actn under law.b. to review platforms on their due diligence#SafeInternet ???????? https://t.co/52uQfIqOU6
Owners of these accounts are being identified for action under the law, he added.
Amid the massive crackdown on hateful posts, sources said that the offensive content actioned pertained to fake video of a cabinet briefing, an animated fake video showing violence against the Prime Minister and derogatory posts targeting Hindu women uploaded on social media handles.
"Taskforce on Safe & Trusted Internet at @GoI_MeitY at work. Handles that tried to push fake/inciting content on twitter, youtube, fb, insta have been blocked," Mr Chandrasekhar tweeted today.