Delhi: On 11 June 2024, two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office for his third consecutive term, TheJuiceMedia posted a notice from YouTube saying it had taken down a video called ‘Honest Government Ad | India’.
TheJuiceMedia is an Australia-based YouTube channel, in its words, “covering Government shitfuckery and the most pressing issues of our time”. The video in question is an excerpt from a longer video lampooning the state of democracy in 14 countries.
The notice said that India’s ministry of home affairs had asked for the video to be blocked for violating the following laws:
– section 153 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860: “Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot”
– section 504, IPC: “Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace”
– section 505, IPC: “Statements conducing to public mischief”
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