9 YouTube channels flagged for spreading ‘fake news’

NEW DELHI: The Fact Check Unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Friday flagged nine YouTube channels for spreading fake news, attributing false derogatory statements to top constitutional functionaries and making misleading claims about the Indian Army.

Two of them — Aapke Guruji and Bajrang Education— have significantly high numbers of subscribers, 34 lakh and 24 lakh respectively. Put together, the nine channels on the popular online video sharing platform have 83 lakh subscribers.