“YouTube has been functioning on the whims and fancies of the government”, Supriya Shrinate
On 18 October in Telangana, Rahul Gandhi & Priyanka Gandhi led a rally and later addressed the masses. And in their address, they, as a responsible opposition, raised all those issues that an opposition should raise. The issues which were raised were economic inequality, farmer’s suicide, unemployment, inflation, corruption and how the KCR government and the central government are looting the people. When the INC made that video live on YouTube, YouTube has put a trigger warning on that video which says viewer discretion is advised and this video may contain content related to self-harm and suicide. By imposing this trigger warning, YouTube proved what the foreign newspapers are saying. They were saying that YouTube has been functioning on the whims and fancies of the government. I was initially silent on this issue because I was having a conversation with YouTube and I thought that this would’ve been done by mistake and it would be corrected. But after a long discussion with YouTube, I understood that they are mentioning some community guidelines that are being violated. What is YouTube trying to prove by imposing such a warning? This is an interference by YouTube in the free elections that are being conducted in India. Earlier ED-CBI-IT, who used to be a component party to the BJP and later the media, now YouTube is also trying to join that fraternity. This is unacceptable. We are not going to get intimidated by YouTube nor we are going to get scared from Facebook nor we are going to get terrorized by Twitter. What YouTube has done with the video of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi is wrong. This is an interference of a foreign power in the democratic process of our country.
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Transcript
00:00 On 18 October, Mr. Rahul Gandhi and Mrs. Priyanka Gandhi travelled to Telangana and then held a rally.
00:09 They raised all the issues that should be raised in their speech, despite being a responsible opposition.
00:18 The issue was about economic inequality, problems of farmers, unemployment, inflation, corruption and how the KCR and the central government are together cheating people.
00:30 When the Indian National Congress put this video on YouTube and did a live, YouTube put a trigger warning on it and it is written on it,
00:39 "If viewer discretion is advised, this video may contain content related to self-harm and suicide."
00:52 By putting this trigger warning, YouTube has proven what foreign newspapers are saying. They are saying that big platforms like YouTube are following the government's instructions and are trying to suppress the voice of the opposition.
01:10 I was still sticking to it because I was constantly talking to it on YouTube as the head of social media and I thought that it might have been done by mistake and the mistake would be corrected.
01:21 But now after a long conversation with YouTube, I understand that they are mentioning some of their community guidelines.
01:30 And they are saying that our community guidelines have been violated.
01:34 I just want to explain a small thing that in democracy, if people who are struggling with problems and problems are forced to commit suicide, if the opposition leaders do not mention it, then who will?
01:51 And what does YouTube want to prove by putting such a trigger warning?
01:55 The person who walked 4,500 kilometers in this country, hugged foreigners, encouraged them, put such a trigger warning in front of his video and referred to any of his guidelines,
02:11 the reality is that this is a interference in India's independent elections and in our democratic process.
02:20 Because during the elections or apart from that, any opposition leader, any person will have to talk about inflation, unemployment, economic inequality, the poor condition of farmers.
02:36 And if people are forced to take their lives, then who will make the government stand in the gutter?
02:44 Until now, the government's Ghatak Dal, ED, CBI, Income Taxi, it has gradually become clear that the army of four-eyed men was made in the media, the same army of four-eyed men is also doing social media platforms.
02:58 The Washington Post said that big platforms do this, we had also written a letter to Sundar Pichai on it, and now we are again pointing out that YouTube has done the work of putting a seal on it by putting such a video.
03:12 But we will not be calm because by doing this, YouTube has interfered in our independent elections and our democracy and it is not tolerated at all.
03:23 So all of you go and watch that video and tell me that is there anything wrong in that video in any way?
03:32 And if it is wrong to talk about the poor, the deprived, the backward, the tribals, then we will make this mistake a hundred times because this mistake should be in democracy.
03:43 If people's issues are not raised in democracy, then where will these things be?
03:49 We are not going to be afraid of YouTube, we are not going to be afraid of Facebook, we will not be terrorized by Twitter, you reduce our reach, do anything, but it was necessary to say this and we say this on the tip of the hat.
04:01 What YouTube has done with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi's video is completely wrong, it is a violation of foreign power in our democratic system.
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