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New Delhi:YouTube has blocked videos of last weeks protests by railway job aspirants in Patna shot by several local news channels, citing orders from the Indian government..
The protests broke out 30 January when candidates preparing to become railway loco pilots staged a fierce demonstration in Patna, opposing a notification issued by the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) seeking applications for 5,696 posts of assistant loco pilots (ALP).The protesters were demanding an increase in the number of posts...
People associated with two of these channels told ThePrint they got emails from YouTube stating that it had received an order from the government related to national security or public order regarding your content...
Brijesh Satyarthi, who runs On Duty, told ThePrint: YouTube did not block our channel but it removed the video of the demonstration, citing the governments complaint.YouTube said that it was a matter of national security and public order, but there was nothing like that in the video..
Jha was among those who had supported the protest by railway aspirants and had put out a video on the same on his YouTube channel.He, however, did not receive any mail from YouTube regarding the apparent shut down, his coaching manager, who did not wish to be named, said.. Ritik Kumar, a student studying under Jha and preparing for the ALP exam, told ThePrint: S.K. Jha is currently the number one teacher for railway exam preparation in Bihar..
