Mumbai Cyber Police has written to YouTube to initiate action against the channel ‘If vs But’ following a complaint by a city-based advocate alleging that it posts falsehood and hate content against Islam and Muslims.
Adv Saif Alam has filed a compliant with the Cyber Police under sections 153 (A) 153 (B) 504 505 (1) 505 (2) 295 (A) of Indian Penal Code and 67 of IT Act demanding permanent ban on the account.
The complaint said that the channel is anonymous and instigates hatred towards Muslims by making “derogatory and venomous” videos about Islam. It further says that the videos published by the channel intends to promote enmity and hatred between communities and goes against the secular fabric of the country. Asalamualikum just had a call with DCP cyber Mumbai, they have asked YouTube India to remove the channel. Asalamualikum for people asking for clarification here's the link & screenshots of the official mail. @YouTubeIndia kindly banned the channel within 07 days before we file a complaint against you.
Hope, this will be done by @YouTubeIndia immediately.— Adv. Saif Alam (@Advsaifalam) April 18, 2021
Urge people to use the draft and submit the complaint in nearest P.S pic.twitter.com/hS07bM6HyK— Adv. Saif Alam (@Advsaifalam) April 19, 2021
‘If Vs But’ has 1.43 million subscribers, and mostly publish derogatory videos against Islam, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and Muslim women.
Over the past several days several social media users have shown shown resentment towards the channel and are asking people to report the channel. Hello @nealmohan, As a chief product officer at @YouTube, can you confirm to me that Youtube policy will allow HATE channel "IF Vs But" whose videos contain hate speech, false & derogatory content against Islam to provoke anti-muslim hatred in India?
cc: @SusanWojcicki @rkyncl pic.twitter.com/IXQEJxTzhq— Nusaybah (@hate_stopper) April 19, 2021
A similar case was also filed against the channel in Hyderabad to take against the content creators. Dear @CPHydCity, @hydcitypolice
Sir, I have registered a complaint against a YouTube channel “If vs But” for making improper videos against Islam. The motive behind this video looks like to provoke a community and disturb the peaceful environment of the city kindly look into it. pic.twitter.com/kKpurnwWcj— Syed Abdahu Kashaf Quadri (@syedKashaf95) April 18, 2021
A petition has also been started on Change.org, urging YouTube and remove the channel from its platform. The petition has garnered more than 1 lakh signatures so far.
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