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The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has issued takedown notices to several journalists, media houses, and creators, including Ravish Kumar, Dhruv Rathee, Newslaundry, The Wire, HW News and Aakash Banerjee’s The Deshbhakt. The directive cites a Delhi court’s gag order in a defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL).
The notice lists 138 YouTube links and 83 Instagram posts, of which Newslaundry has been asked to remove 42 videos from its YouTube channel. The ministry has claimed that the court order was issued on September 6, and that the links were not removed by the media organisations despite the court order.
The flagged material is not limited to investigative stories but also covers satire and i