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In the wake of a request from the government of India, video sharing site YouTube on Friday removed videos of BBC's documentary on the December 2012 rape case.
Earlier, the government had asked BBC to not air the controversial documentary, however, BBC anyway went ahead and released the documentary in the UK and Wednesday, and later uploaded it on YouTube.

The Indian Express is reporting that the government had asked YouTube to remove the videos of the documentary and it appears that the Google owned service has complied with the demands of the government.

"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," said a YouTube spokesperson.

As per government rules, YouTube needs to be notified if it is hosting illegal content, so that it is able to take appropriate action. The YouTube link to the video currently carries a message saying that the video has been blocked due to a court order, which indicates some kind of intervention.
Earlier, the Delhi High Court had placed an order restraining the broadcast of the documentary, which contained an interview of Mukesh Singh, who is an accused in the rape case. Reports have suggested, that Singh has reportedly claimed that Nirbhaya should not have resisted the rape, which resulted in the severe assault that she went through resulting in her eventual demise. This has caused an uproar in the country. 

BBC, for its part, claims that it has no intentions of releasing or broadcasting the interview in India.


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