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The Union government has alleged before the Delhi High Court that the YouTube channel 4PM News had been blocked in March for peddling “anti-India sentiments” and alleging that Indian authorities were involved in the Pahalgam terror attack, reported Bar and Bench on Tuesday.
In an affidavit filed before the court, the Union government also alleged that the channel’s content was a classic case of “digital lobbying” to aid foreign actors who intend to influence India’s sovereign decision-making, according to Live Law.
The Union government had ordered the blocking of the channel on March 12, citing concerns about national security and public order.
4PM News and its editor Sanjay Sharma had moved the court challenging the decision. They said that neither Google, which owns YouTube, nor the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had provided them with a formal order or reasons for blocking the channel, reported Bar and Bench.
In response, the ministry has alleged before the court that the channel had a “sustained pattern” of hosting content that was speculative, one-sided, malicious and unsubstantiated, reported Live Law.
“It is submitted that the videos hosted on the blocked channel attributed grave acts to the Union of India, such as compromising India’s strategic autonomy, having prior awareness of military action in West Asia and endangering Indians abroad,” read the affidavit.
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