3 YouTube Channels With 33 Lakh Subscribers Busted In Fake News Crackdown

New Delhi:

Three YouTube channels with a total of 33 lakh subscribers it’s set for fake posting news About Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of DY Chandrachud, India key institutions, the center said today.

The YouTube channels are News Headlines, Sarkari Update and Aaj Tak Live.

a government The statement said the investigation against These three channels were made by fact- Check the unit of Government press information office, nodal publishing agency information.

The YouTube channel “आज तक LIVE” is another den of #FakeNews. With over 65,000 subscribersYouTube channel is spreading false Claims about death of various People and misinformation about the government decisions. This is the topic before @tweet bust some of Her claims🔽 picture.twitter.com/91 Al Ain

– PIB Fact Check (PIBFact Check) December 20, 2022

The unit conducted a series of over 40 fact-checks and found Several videos spreading disinformation about the Prime Minister, Chief Justice, Supreme Court, Election and Voting Commission (EVM). system. These videos, and government He said, it was watched over 30 crores times.

YouTube channel ‘SarkariUpdate’ with over 2.26 m subscribers found to be multiplied #FakeNews About various charts of the government of India. @tweet found Almost everyone of it’s a content to be fake. This is the topic ⬇️ picture.twitter.com/yg309uwRq2

– PIB Fact Check (PIBFact Check) December 20, 2022

examples of Sharing false information on Fake channels included news items claiming it future Polling will be conducted by ballot system. Another video claimed that the government was distributing money in between anyone who Holds bank account or Aadhaar card.

a #Youtube news headlines channel with approximately 10 lakh subscribers And 32 crore views were found to be multiplied #FakeNews About the Prime Minister, Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice of India and the Election Commission of India picture.twitter.com/9qUR7xqBd9

– PIB Fact Check (PIBFact Check) December 20, 2022

These are YouTube channels investigated foundthey were using logos of TV channels and pictures of common or many news Anchors to mislead viewers into believing that news was authentic. These were the channels also found to display ads on Their videos, monetizing disinformation on The YouTube “.

The PIB added that more From one The ministry blocked hundreds of YouTube channels of Media and broadcasting over the past one year as part of suppress it on misinformation.