LS polls: Notice to YouTube channels under Information Technology Act

A YouTube channel, Bolta Hindustan, remained blocked to viewers, while another two channels on the video sharing platform, National Dastak and Article 19, received emails from YouTube earlier this month that the Union government had requested that they be blocked under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, and Rule 15(2) of the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code), Rules, 2021.

Bolta Hindustan has over 300,000 subscribers , National Dastak and Article 19 have 9.44 million and 2.81 million subscribers, respectively.