Govt 'busts' 8 YouTube channels for spreading fake news
New Delhi (PTI): The government on Tuesday said it has "busted" eight YouTube channels, with a cumulative subscriber count of nearly 23 million, for spreading fake news such as declaration of early Lok Sabha polls and banning electronic voting machines.
Officials said videos on these YouTube channels - Yahan Sach Dekho, Capital TV, KPS News, Sarkari Vlog, Earn Tech India, SPN9 News, Educational Dost and World Best News -- were fact-checked by the Press Information Bureau for spreading false news.
World Best News, a Youtube channel with over 1.7 million subscribers and more than 18 crore views, was found to be misrepresenting the Indian Army, officials said.
They said the channel Educational Dost, with over 3.43 million subscribers and 23 crore views, was spreading false information about government schemes, while SPN9 news with over 4.8 million subscribers and 189 crore views was propagating fake news pertaining to the president, prime minister and several central ministers.
The channel Sarkari Vlog with over 4.5 million subscribers and over 9.4 crore views was found to be spreading fake news about government schemes, officials said.
They said Channel 'KPS News' which has over one million subscribers and over 13 crore views is spreading fake news regarding schemes, orders and decisions related to the government such as availability of cooking gas cylinders at Rs 20 and petrol at Rs 15 per litre.
The channel 'Capital TV' with over 3.5 million subscribers and over 160 crore views was also propagating fake news about the prime minister, the government and orders related to promulgation of President's rule in West Bengal.
YouTube channel 'Yahan Sach Dekho' with over 3 million subscribers and over 100 million views was peddling fake news about the Election Commission and the Chief Justice of India.
'Earn India Tech' with over 31,000 subscribers and 3.6 million views was found to be propagating fake news related to Aadhar card, PAN card and others.
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Pregnant woman, husband, mother-in-law killed in road accident in Jaipur
Jaipur (PTI): Three people, including a pregnant woman, were killed on Sunday after a speeding motorcycle rammed into a road divider on the Jamwa Ramgarh state highway on the outskirts of Jaipur, police said.
Jamwa Ramgarh SHO Bhagwan Sahay said the victims were identified as Bunty (24), his wife Bhavna, who was four months pregnant (20), and his mother Ballu Devi (45), residents of Gopalgarh in Jamwa Ramgarh.
The family was on its way to attend a wedding in nearby Neembi village when the accident occurred, he added.
The driver lost control due to overspeeding, and the motorcycle struck the divider. All three suffered serious head injuries and were rushed to the SMS Hospital in critical condition, where they later succumbed to their injuries during treatment, the SHO said, adding that the bodies have been kept at the SMS Hospital mortuary.
