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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