BBC Documentary On Modi - What is that ?
According to sources, the Centre has ordered twitter and YouTube to remove links to a BBC documentary about the 2002 gujarat riots and prime minister Narendra Modi. Following these directives, the microblogging and video-sharing websites have prohibited all tweets and YouTube videos related to the documentary "India: The Modi Question."
The two social media juggernauts reportedly received a directive from the I&B ministry to prohibit the first instalment of the BBC programme. This comes a day after british prime minister Rishi Sunak stated he "doesn't agree with the depiction" of his indian counterpart in the UK's parliament by mp of Pakistani descent Imran Hussain and abstained from watching the documentary series.
Additionally, the I&B ministry requested twitter to delete roughly 50 tweets about the BBC documentary. Derek O'Brien, a member of the Trinamool Congress, is prominent among those whose tweets on the documentary were deleted. “Censorship. My tweet about the BBC documentary has been removed by Twitter. There were countless perspectives of it. The one-hour BBC documentary reveals how the PM despises minorities, according to O'Brien. The Information technology Rules, 2021's emergency powers were used to issue the order to erase the links. social media behemoths twitter and YouTube have agreed to abide with the directive.
In the meantime, more than 300 former judges, government officials, and veterans criticized the british national television for the Modi documentary. They extensively investigated the documentary and discovered that it was an attempt to polarise different communities in india and throw doubt on the legitimacy and authority of the supreme Court. It was described as "nefarious" india referred to the film as "propaganda" and said it lacked objectivity. The veterans believed that the video reflected a colonial mindset. According to insiders, the centre has also ordered twitter and YouTube to remove any new links to the documentary that are posted or tweeted.
According to those in the know, officials from many ministries, including home and foreign in addition to I&B, extensively analyzed the documentary and concluded that it was an attempt to foment discord among indian communities and cast doubt on the legitimacy and authority of the supreme Court. It is important to note that a supreme Court-ordered investigation found no evidence of misconduct on the part of PM Modi, who was the gujarat chief minister when the riots started in february 2002.
The two social media juggernauts reportedly received a directive from the I&B ministry to prohibit the first instalment of the BBC programme. This comes a day after british prime minister Rishi Sunak stated he "doesn't agree with the depiction" of his indian counterpart in the UK's parliament by mp of Pakistani descent Imran Hussain and abstained from watching the documentary series.
Additionally, the I&B ministry requested twitter to delete roughly 50 tweets about the BBC documentary. Derek O'Brien, a member of the Trinamool Congress, is prominent among those whose tweets on the documentary were deleted. “Censorship. My tweet about the BBC documentary has been removed by Twitter. There were countless perspectives of it. The one-hour BBC documentary reveals how the PM despises minorities, according to O'Brien. The Information technology Rules, 2021's emergency powers were used to issue the order to erase the links. social media behemoths twitter and YouTube have agreed to abide with the directive.
In the meantime, more than 300 former judges, government officials, and veterans criticized the british national television for the Modi documentary. They extensively investigated the documentary and discovered that it was an attempt to polarise different communities in india and throw doubt on the legitimacy and authority of the supreme Court. It was described as "nefarious" india referred to the film as "propaganda" and said it lacked objectivity. The veterans believed that the video reflected a colonial mindset. According to insiders, the centre has also ordered twitter and YouTube to remove any new links to the documentary that are posted or tweeted.
According to those in the know, officials from many ministries, including home and foreign in addition to I&B, extensively analyzed the documentary and concluded that it was an attempt to foment discord among indian communities and cast doubt on the legitimacy and authority of the supreme Court. It is important to note that a supreme Court-ordered investigation found no evidence of misconduct on the part of PM Modi, who was the gujarat chief minister when the riots started in february 2002.