India Bans 16 Pakistani YouTube Channels After Pahalgam Attack; Dawn, Geo News In The List

India has banned several Pakistani YouTube channels on the recommendations of the Ministry of Home Affairs following a terror attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam. The action has been taken as they were "disseminating provocative and communally sensitive content, false and misleading narratives and misinformation against India, its Army and security agencies".

YouTube channels of news outlets like Dawn, Samaa TV, ARY News, Bol News, Raftar, Geo News and Suno News have been banned. Other banned channels include channels of journalists Irshad Bhatti, Asma Shirazi, Umar Cheema and Muneeb Farooq. The Pakistan Reference, Samaa Sports, Uzair Cricket and Razi Naama have also been banned.

While clicking on these channels, YouTube showed this message: "This content is currently unavailable in this country because of an order from the government related to national security or public order. For more details about government removal requests, please visit the Google Transparency Report".

India Raps BBC

The government also rapped BBC for its reporting on the terror attack in the Kashmir valley last week. India has written a letter to BBC India head, Jackie Martin, for terming terrorists as "militants". BBC referred to the error attack as a "militant attack" in an article titled "Pakistan suspends visas for Indians after deadly Kashmir attack."

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