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Censorship in India: Muzzled by the government
DW (English)
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2/21/2025
Work is getting harder for Indian journalist Mandeep Punia: His web magazine’s social media accounts keep getting blocked. Is the government to blame
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Mandeep Punia is truly passionate about reporting on issues concerning the rural community.
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On his website, he focuses on developmental issues faced by farmers and marginalized groups.
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Our social media handles were blocked for three to four months.
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That's a long break for a digital publication.
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It's frustrating as it prevents you from sharing your work.
00:31
Mandeep contacted the social media platforms.
00:33
He was told that they had received legal removal demands from the Indian government for allegedly
00:38
violating India's Information Technology Act.
00:42
The journalist feels like he's been targeted for his coverage of the farmers' protests
00:46
in India.
00:47
When they started in 2021, he recorded videos and reported from the ground every day.
00:57
The government doesn't want anyone to show the reality to prevent being shown in a bad
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light.
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In 2024, a court got his social media handles unblocked, but the damage had been done.
01:11
Frequent suspensions had affected both reach and views on his channels.
01:16
This also makes it harder for him to get paid for ads and campaigns.
01:23
I haven't been able to run the YouTube channel and social media pages as well as before.
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The revenue has also gone down.
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It's very hard.
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We used to be a team of three to four people, but I'm alone now.
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