Classic Streisand Effect
Nothing like prominently blocking a controversial story to draw attention to the story
Let India block as much as they want .... the more they censor, the more they highlight the problem.
this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2024
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I’m definitely going to watch it now, and also find a torrent of it so I can seed in perpetuity
This is what Indian users see.
It's worth watching just to see the clips of how the news channels in India were covering the story. I didn't realize how over the top it was
I didn't realize how over the top it was
You have no idea about the insanity that is Indian news channels. 24 hour news cycle in the Western world might be nauseating. But in here it's absolutely batshit insane, complete with background music, special effects, transition effects like they're made by a 14 year old who is using PowerPoint for the first time, people shouting over each other, we have it all.
The most insane part is that they're all mouthpieces for the government. There is very few dissenting or critical media orgs in India at the moment.
Yeah they were spamming the propaganda hard here when it happened.
I have an archived copy of the YouTube video (all metadata, thumbnail, subtitle), ready to be uploaded somewhere else just in case.
You are the hero we need. 👍
Democracy my ass
I was about to watch that.. Gem it is then!
I think it's only blocked within India, and a VPN should get around the block
I like Gem too though
I'm not seeing it on YouTube.
I updated the post to include it. https://youtu.be/ZSC4Bc8LHGM?si=etDbG0Sld2DMdOda
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
YouTube is blocking access in India to a story by CBC's The Fifth Estate on the alleged contract killing of a Canadian Sikh separatist after the Indian government ordered the social media platform to take that action.
The Fifth Estate story released on Friday included video of the fatal shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar last June as he left his place of worship in Surrey, B.C.
In an email to CBC on Wednesday, YouTube said it had received an order from India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to block access to the video of the story from its website.
In emails from YouTube and X to CBC, the platforms said the Indian government was citing the country's Information Technology Act 2000 in making the orders.
According to one section of that act, the government has the power to "intercept, monitor or decrypt any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer resource."
The Fifth Estate story that aired last week included video that showed Nijjar, the president of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, leaving the parking lot of his place of worship in Surrey on the evening of June 18, 2023, in his grey Dodge Ram pickup truck.
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... blocks access at India's request.
I mean possibly the other thing, too, but presumably CBC does not vouch for that at this time.