MeitY Blocks Pakistan-Based OTT Platform's Website, Social Media Sites

The web-series on Pakistan-based Vidly TV portrayed an anti-India narrative on sensitive historical events.

By Press Trust of India | Updated: 12 December 2022 21:10 IST

MeitY Blocks Pakistan-Based OTT Platform's Website, Social Media Sites

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Pakistan-based Vidly TV has released three episodes of the web series till date

Highlights

The platform Vidly TV had released a web series titled Sevak
The web series was released on anniversary of the 26/11 terror attacks
The series is said to be detrimental to India's national security

The government on Monday issued directions for blocking a Pakistan-based OTT platform's website, two mobile applications, four social media accounts and smart TV app, saying a series being shown by it was detrimental to India's national security and integrity.

The platform Vidly TV had released a web series titled Sevak: The Confessions on the anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and was found to be detrimental to the national security, sovereignty and integrity of India, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said.

Three episodes of the web series have been released till date, it said.

"Action against Pakistan-based Vidly TV follows the assessment that the provocative and wholly untrue web series Sevak was sponsored by Pakistan's info ops apparatus," senior adviser at the ministry Kanchan Gupta said on Twitter.

Action against Pakistan-based Vidly TV follows the assessment that the provocative and wholly untrue web-series "Sevak" was sponsored by Pakistan's info ops apparatus. First (of 3) episode was released on 26.11.2022, anniversary of Pakistani terror attacks on Mumbai in 2008.
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— Kanchan Gupta 🇮🇳 (@KanchanGupta) December 12, 2022

The web-series portrayed an anti-India narrative on sensitive historical events and subjects of national importance such as Operation Blue Star and its aftermath, demolition of the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya, killing of a Christian missionary named Graham Staines, Malegaon blasts, Samjhauta Express blasts and inter-state river water dispute related to Sutlej Yamuna Link canal.

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