YouTube blocked the Nirbhaya video in India today after the Government asked the video sharing website to remove the controversial BBC documentary on December 16 Delhi gangrape, saying that it is a very sensitive matter.
Despite Government of India’s protest, BBC went ahead and released the documentary on Wednesday night in the UK and also uploaded it on the YouTube.
When contacted, a YouTube spokesperson said, “While we believe that access to information is the foundation of a free society and that services like YouTube help people express themselves and share different points of view, we continue to remove content that is illegal or violates our community guidelines, once notified.”
This comes against the backdrop of Government examining options on whether to take legal action against BBC after it went ahead and aired the documentary in the UK.
However, BBC today conveyed to the Government of India that it has no plans to telecast the film in India in compliance with the directive.
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