Delhi rape documentary being removed from YouTube, at India govt request.(RT).
After banning the broadcast of a controversial film about the gang rape and murder of a woman in Delhi in 2012, India has asked YouTube to remove all the video site’s links on the subject. It objects to the rapist’s revelations, which blame the woman.
"We just forwarded the court order and asked them [YouTube] to comply," an official at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology told Reuters on Thursday, commenting on the new film.
The British documentary features an interview with Mukesh Singh, one of four men sentenced to death, who said the victim was culpable for the rape. "A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy," he said. “She should just be silent and allow the rape.”
Social media slammed Singh's comments, which also triggered a debate on gender inequality in India, Asia's third-largest economy and the world’s largest democracy.
On Wednesday, BBC aired the film in the UK, where about 300,000 tuned in. It was also possible to view it later on platforms such as YouTube.
"We believe that access to information is the foundation of a free society," said a spokeswoman for Google, which owns the video-sharing site YouTube, as cited by Reuters. "We continue to remove content that is illegal or violates our community guidelines, once notified."
YouTube didn’t confirm whether it had received the instruction from the government, asking to remove the “very sensitive” content from the website, according to the Indian Zee News channel. However, the documentary is currently being pulled from YouTube. Read the full story here.
As the govt is on a banning spree, will someone ensure that this man is banned from practicing law? #IndiasDaughter pic.twitter.com/hitskeAr3u
— Rahul Bajaj (@rahulbajaj) March 5, 2015
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