Since the beginning of April, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has instructed YouTube to block the channels of two Hindi news outlets, raising concerns about censorship, particularly with the impending 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The two affected channels, ‘Bolta Hindustan’ and ‘National Dastak,’ boast substantial subscriber bases of over 3 lakh and 94.2 lakh, respectively. YouTube notified the channel owners that the blocking requests invoked Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000,