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Of course. This is a nearly fake story being printed by a bunch of outlets who would also send a DMCA to archive.org for posting a documentary that they did on

Of course. This is a nearly fake story being printed by a bunch of outlets who would also send a DMCA to archive.org for posting a documentary that they did on Modi. The reason I say nearly fake is that Indians were using archive.org to access the documentary, and that was a good thing. But it's copyright that's suppressing information that is unfavorable to India's current administration. Absolutely pointlessly, by the way, as it was ultimately produced by the British license/tax payer. edit: happy there's a fake story being whipped up about BJP, hopefully that means they're feeling real political pressure on some level.

smoldesu 4y ago
But they aren't suppressing it for copyright reasons. According to the administration, they're removing it because it "reflected a colonial mindset" and supposedly lacks objectivity. If this was just a copyright problem, people wouldn't be getting arrested[0] and having rocks thrown at them[1] for screening legally-obtained copies. [0] https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/students-detained-screen-modi-documentary-jamia-campus-8404652/ https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/students-deta... [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64371327 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64371327
- JeremyBanks 4y ago
  You’re conflating two things. The BBC is indeed taking it down for copyright reasons. The Indian government is censoring it for political reasons. This post was about the former.