Sansad TV YouTube channel terminated for violating 'community guidelines'
In a major development, the YouTube account of Sansad TV, which broadcasts Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha proceedings of the Parliament, has been "terminated for violating YouTube's Community Guidelines".
On visiting the Sansad TV YouTube channel's page, it is being written that 'This account has been closed for violating the Community Guidelines of YouTube'.
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Some users have also claimed that the account was hacked and its name was changed to 'Ethereum'.
As per the official statement, the channel name has been changed to "Ethereum" by the attacker. However, the channel will be restored soon.
"YouTube Channel of Sansad TV got compromised due to unauthorised activities by some scamsters on 15 February 2022 (Tuesday 01 :00 a.m.) including live streaming on this Channel. Also, the Channel name has been changed to "Ethereum" by the attacker. However, Sansad TV's Social Media Team promptly worked on it and got the Sansad TV Channel restored by early morning at around 0345 hours," Sansad TV said in a press release.
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the nodal agency for responding to cyber security incidents in India, has also reported the above incident and alerted Sansad TV. "However, later on, YouTube has started fixing the security threats permanently and it shall be restored ASAP," read the release.
Sansad Television was launched on September 15 last year after merging Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV.
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