{"id":118621,"date":"2025-04-29T19:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/government-protests-bbc-over-militants-term-in-pahalgam-attack-coverage-india-bans-16-pakistani-youtube-channels-for-spreading-misinformation\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T19:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:20:16","slug":"government-protests-bbc-over-militants-term-in-pahalgam-attack-coverage-india-bans-16-pakistani-youtube-channels-for-spreading-misinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/government-protests-bbc-over-militants-term-in-pahalgam-attack-coverage-india-bans-16-pakistani-youtube-channels-for-spreading-misinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Government protests BBC over &#8220;militants&#8221; term in Pahalgam attack coverage; India bans 16 Pakistani YouTube channels for spreading misinformation."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian government has lodged a formal complaint against the BBC for its use of the term &#8220;militants&#8221; instead of &#8220;terrorists&#8221; in the reporting of the Pahalgam attack, where 26 individuals lost their lives. This move comes as India takes a strong stance against the spread of misinformation and provocative content by banning 16 Pakistani YouTube channels, including well-known networks such as Dawn News and Geo News. These channels are accused of inciting anti-India sentiments and targeting the Indian army and security forces in the aftermath of the tragic incident. The government&#8217;s actions underscore its commitment to combating false narratives and ensuring that accurate and responsible reporting is upheld in the media landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian government has lodged a formal complaint against the BBC for its use of the term &#8220;militants&#8221; instead of &#8220;terrorists&#8221; in the reporting of the Pahalgam attack, where 26 individuals lost their lives. This move comes as India takes a strong stance against the spread of misinformation and provocative content by banning 16 Pakistani [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":118622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120685823imgsize-1895636-4.jpg",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120685823imgsize-1895636-4-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120685823imgsize-1895636-4-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120685823imgsize-1895636-4-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120685823imgsize-1895636-4-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120685823imgsize-1895636-4.jpg",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120685823imgsize-1895636-4.jpg",1280,720,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/category\/just-in\/\" rel=\"category tag\">JUST IN<\/a>","tag_info":"JUST IN","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}