Loktantra TV Blocked By Govt, Founder Dev Chaudhary Says, 'It's An Attack On Freedom of Press' Aug 25, 2022 http s://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjS1wq7EIPY
The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry on August 18 blocked 8 YouTube news channels under the IT Rules-2021. It also includes a Pakistan-based channel. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has informed that the blocked YouTube channels had more than 114 crore views.
One of the blocked YouTube channel, Loktantra TV, had nearly 13 lakh subscribers. The Wire spoke with Dev Chaudhary, the founder of the current affairs and news based channel. Chaudhary says that no prior information was given to him before blocking the channel from the MIB. He also feels sad for being labelled as an "anti-national" and alleges "an attack on the freedom of press".