Govt blocks several social media handles circulating fake, inciting content

The minister said owners of such accounts are being identified for action under the law, and asserted that platforms will be reviewed on their due diligence.

On Friday evening, the minister had responded to a tweet that urged him to take action against the “creators of a very violent video that features the PM”, which “has been in the public domain since December 2020”.

The minister had responded, saying, “On the job. @GoI_MeitY takes its responsibility to keep Internet Safe and Trusted and Intermediaries accountable for the content and due diligence very seriously”.

Sources said the government had identified 73 Twitter handles, 4 pieces of YouTube content, and 1 Instagram game.

Accordingly, 73 Twitter handles have been suspended, 4 YouTube content and the particular Instagram game have been removed.

The Delhi Police had registered a case after coming across a morphed video of a cabinet committee meeting wherein some persons tried to show that the meeting was against the Sikh community, officials had said on Friday.