The government has become very alert about fake news, the government is keeping a close watch on the activities happening on social media and if anything is seen which affects the youth, students, society, and community then strict action is being taken on it. Is. In this episode, the government said on Tuesday that it has closed eight channels spreading fake news like the announcement of premature Lok Sabha elections and a ban on electronic voting machines, identifying them and taking strict action.
The government closed these channels
Officials said the channels that have been closed are Sach Dekho, Capital TV, KPS News, Government Vlog, Earn Tech India, SPN9 News, Educational Dost, and World Best News. Videos lying on these YouTube channels were scrutinized in which those channels were found to be spreading false news. These channels were fact-checked by the Press Information Bureau.
This 'educational friend' was spreading wrong information about government schemes
Officials said World Best News, a YouTube channel with over 1.7 million subscribers and over 180 million views, was found to be misrepresenting the Indian Army. He said that the channel Educational Dost has more than 30 lakh subscribers and more than 23 crore views. The channel was spreading misinformation about government schemes, while SPN9 News with over 4 million subscribers and 189 crore views was spreading fake news related to the President, Prime Minister, and several Union Ministers.
This channel was spreading fake news about the availability of petrol
It was further informed that the government vlog, a channel with more than 45 lakh subscribers and more than 94 million views, was found to be spreading fake news about government schemes. Also, he said that the channel 'KPS News, which has more than 10 lakh subscribers and more than 13 crore views, gives information about schemes, orders, and decisions related to the government like LPG cylinder at Rs 20 and the availability of petrol at Rs 15 per liter. Was spreading fake news about it.
Earn India Tech was running fake news about Aadhaar card, PAN card
Along with this Capital TV has more than 35 lakh subscribers and more than 160 crore views. The channel was propagating fake news about the Prime Minister, the Government, and orders related to the declaration of President's Rule in West Bengal. A YouTube channel 'Yahan Sach Dekho' with over 3 million subscribers and over 100 million views was spreading fake news about the Election Commission and the Chief Justice of India. Earn India Tech, with over 31,000 subscribers and 3.6 million views, was found circulating fake news related to Aadhaar cards, PAN card, and others. Taking action, the government has closed all these channels.
(pc amarujala)
