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As India Tries to Block a Modi Documentary.

As India Tries to Block a Modi Documentary

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As India Tries to Block a Modi Documentary

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Daily Bangla Times : The Indian government is trying its best to stop internet users in the country from viewing a new BBC documentary. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has reportedly issued directions for blocking multiple YouTube videos and Twitter posts sharing links to the BBC’s new two-part film, India: The Modi Question, which chronicles Narendra Modi’s involvement in the 2002 Gujarat riots.

“Videos sharing @BBCWorld hostile propaganda and anti-India garbage, disguised as ‘documentary’, on @YouTube and tweets sharing links to the BBC documentary have been blocked under India’s sovereign laws and rules,” Kanchan Gupta, senior adviser at MIB, tweeted on Jan. 21—four days after the first part released on TV in the UK. The second aired there yesterday (Jan. 24).

While government officials dismiss it as propaganda, activists, lawyers, and members of rival parties keep trying to find new links to share it.

Meanwhile, the BBC stood behind the documentary, describing it as “rigorously researched according to the highest editorial standards” and involved a “wide range” of voices and opinions, including responses from people working for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The UK broadcaster says it reached out to the Indian government for comment, but authorities refused to reply.