{"id":564,"date":"2026-08-12T00:45:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T00:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/?p=564"},"modified":"2026-08-12T00:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T00:45:34","slug":"google-rathees-youtube-clip-defamatory-blocked-in-india-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/?p=564","title":{"rendered":"Google: Rathee&#8217;s YouTube clip &#8216;defamatory&#8217;, blocked in India | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133167458,imgsize-93749,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/dhruv-rathee.jpg\" alt=\"Google: Rathee's YouTube clip 'defamatory', blocked in India\" title=\"The petitioner said on July 15, the committee directed Google to take down the video within 24 hours, but the platform failed to do so.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"The petitioner said on July 15, the committee directed Google to take down the video within 24 hours, but the platform failed to do so.\">The petitioner said on July 15, the committee directed Google to take down the video within 24 hours, but the platform failed to do so.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Global search engine Google told Delhi HC Tuesday that it had withheld in India a &#8220;defamatory&#8221; YouTube video of social media influencer Dhruv Rathee that allegedly hurt religious sentiments.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Google told a bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma that the action was taken pursuant to a directive issued by Centre&#8217;s grievance appellate committee. The issue of global blocking was pending before an HC division bench, it submitted.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The petitioner, advocate Amita Sachdeva, argued this was &#8220;partial compliance&#8221;. Sachdeva claimed Rathee uploaded a video on March 21 with &#8220;false, misleading and provocative statements insulting Lord Ram, Lord Krishna and Goddess Sita&#8221;. <\/p>\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It got millions of views.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>The petitioner said on July 15, the committee directed Google to take down the video within 24 hours, but the platform failed to do so. &#8220;The issue regarding global injunction is already pending before the division bench. Whatever they could do, they have already done,&#8221; Justice Sharma said, and adjourned the hearing to Sept 3.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/google-rathees-youtube-clip-defamatory-blocked-in-india\/articleshow\/133167454.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The petitioner said on July 15, the committee directed Google to take down the video within 24 hours, but the platform failed to do so. NEW DELHI: Global search engine Google told Delhi HC Tuesday that it had withheld in India a &ldquo;defamatory&rdquo; YouTube video of social media influencer Dhruv Rathee that allegedly hurt religious [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}