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I&B Ministry order Twitter and YouTube remove sharing of BBC documentary critical of Narendra Modi

The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has ordered Twitter and YouTube to take down links of a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Many tweets and YouTube videos of the documentary titled ‘India: The Modi Question’ no longer appear on the two social media sites.

NDTV reports that people with direct knowledge of the matter have said that the I&B Ministry told the two social media giants to block the first episode of the documentary.

Earlier this week British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak distanced himself from the documentary series, saying he “doesn’t agree with the characterisation” of his Indian counterpart.

The I&B Ministry gave the order to take down the links using emergency powers under the Information Technology Rules, 2021, and both YouTube and Twitter have agreed to follow the order, people with knowledge of the matter said.