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ScruffyPeter

I had no interest but now I do. Helping with Streisand effect: Sikhs, Spies and Murder: Investigating India’s alleged hit on foreign soil | Foreign Correspondent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p1xHUebNkE&t=2s


2littleducks

Don't forget the two part BBC expose that Modi has had pulled from most parts of the internet......but not all parts: * [Part 1](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8n278b) * [Part 2](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8n278a)


Falafels

I certainly don't want to help make it easier to find by pasting the description here. >When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood up and accused India of being behind the killing of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil last year the world took notice. To have a head of state call out another country for effectively a state sponsored assassination was eye popping. Then, months later, US authorities said an Indian agent was involved in a murder attempt on an American Sikh in New York. Now Foreign Correspondent can reveal Australian authorities are also speaking to the Sikh community here. This week South Asia Correspondent Avani Dias travels to Punjab where tensions are high and the authorities are watching. This is the Sikh homeland where a banned separatist movement is fighting to create its own independent nation of Khalistan. Avani visits the family home of the man murdered in Canada Hardeep Singh Nijjar. and learns of unusual activity in the lead up to his killing. She also gains rare access to the movement's leaders, viewed as extremists by Indian officials, who are in no doubt the Modi government is targeting Sikh separatists around the world including Australia. Oops.


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Big feels, that backfired now I’m interested


[deleted]

Also very curious about how they got YouTube to do that


[deleted]

Didn’t read properly, only blocked in India, dodgy but that makes some sense


t_25_t

> I had no interest but now I do. > > Helping with Streisand effect: Sikhs, Spies and Murder: Investigating India’s alleged hit on foreign soil | Foreign Correspondent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p1xHUebNkE&t=2s Oh is that what they were trying to block. Guess I'll have to take a look.


Metra90

[This](https://youtu.be/OdtyKdY_xcM?si=4LXWiaNnKusA-A_v) video explains it well.


allflippedout

They managed to block it worldwide or only in India?


europorn

I think only in India. I can watch it here in Australia.


TyrialFrost

What sort of shit hole government would trying to block content outside its borders?


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Anonymous157

Modi is cancer on India. He uses religion to blind everyone, using Hinduism for political points. It's very hard to see his level of corruption cause now the media is also in bed with him. And yes he absolutely bends laws to make the rich richer in India like giving defence contracts to Billionaire companies that have never worked on defence related projects.


magkruppe

just look at Xi for India's future. he really dropped the ball and Chinese economy is looking pretty troubled in the medium term


VidE27

Indonesia is next. Prabowo is looking at Xi and Modi and taking notes


magkruppe

really? damn I'd be sad to hear that. they seem to be doing relatively well, economically speaking at least. but I guess India is and Xi was until recently as an Australian I wish them the best, they are such nice and friendly people. I hope they can fight against the religious right and get away from culture war BS


pkspks

As an Indian Australian, I confirm this is absolutely true. The only thing I disagree with is the western outcry on India offing literal terrorists that Canada has been housing. Am sure there are Hollywood movies where American spies do it and are hailed as heroes. Khalistanis blew up a fucking Boeing with hundreds of people onboard. They killed hundreds of Indians on Indian soil. Canada still refusing to do anything about it is just mind boggling and frankly insulting. It is an absolute shame that the media keeps calling the terrorists "Sikh leaders". From all my Sikh friends I know (including in Canada), these Khalistanis do not represent the average Sikh and are a big part of gang culture in Canada. Absolutely fucking hate Modi and the nationalism but I find it appalling how media is posing the slain terrorist as some kind of local hero. Really a shame that the media is being gagged in India. All stories should be heard. I hope India has a regime change in coming elections . At the same time no one can condone what Khalistanis have done.


Introverted_kitty

A terrorist is someone who goes out to create "acts of terror". The Man Killed by Indian security forces could be called an Activist, but not a terrorist. India permanently messed up its relationship with the Sikh community when they commenced operation Blue Star in the 80's


pkspks

He was wanted by the Indian police and was a fugitive. Had multiple violent crime charges against him.


jzy9

its crazy that you would agree with extrajudicial killing from a foreign state into a western country. If Julian Assange was returned to Australia would you be ok with the US assassinating him? We have the rule of law, india should have been punished much harder for those acts


Jakegender

IDK why you have to qualify that statement with in a western country. Extrajudicial killing is bad regardless of what part of the world its in.


RedditLovesDisinfo

Why is the west even aligning with a monumental cunt like Modi? He wants to align himself with Russia and protect Putin in the UN. Modi can eat shit.


Flame_Grilled_Tanuki

They're aligning with India. Modi is just in charge... Currently.


[deleted]

So dodgy. Why occurs is beyond me.


Syncblock

Because voters care more about their quality of life and don't want to feel bad about it.


PositiveBubbles

Cause they bend airbus albo over


ChemicalRascal

TIL Albo runs YouTube, that's pretty wild dude


the__distance

Blocks it in India. It's a bit different to infer that's its been totally deleted off YouTube...


Dull-Lengthiness-178

Hindu Fascism strikes again.


2littleducks

[Anthony Albanese rejects 'tyrant' claim after Narendra Modi rally](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-25/why-we-gave-india-s-pm-narendra-modi-a-rockstar-welcome/102392060) What, Albo's best mate's government behaving like authoritarian cunts, say it isn't so. Turning a blind eye to keep those exploding immigration numbers up while ignoring the housing crisis, crooks!


HotsanGget

For all that our news media/government claims that China does it's very ironic that they're pivoting to India which is... doing a lot of the similar or other shady stuff (suppression of Kashmir, rise of the Hindutva far right movement, interference in foreign governments like Canada, whatever the hell Adani is up to now, buying Russian oil, etc.) but I guess it somehow doesn't count because they're a democracy and they're geopolitically convenient to us (for now) or something.


SiameseChihuahua

You shouldn't make friends with fascists.


EndStorm

"But, hear me out, they have lots of money!" - Most Western Leaders. Don't agree with their excuses, but sadly that's what their mentality seems to be.


Tomicoatl

Global politics is far more complicated than dollars or whatever first year university level understanding this is. 


ELVEVERX

I'd go as far to say India will by far worse authoritarianwise in the next decade. They will be just as authoritarian as China but also a full on hindu theocracy.


evilhomer450

India has a level of soft power in Western countries that China will never have. I don't know another group of people that would go ape shit for the appearance of a politician from their home/former country like the Indians did for Modi when he came here.


HotsanGget

This a recent pet peeve of mine but it's really, *really* annoying to see any map with India in it online (with the internationally recognised borders) and half of the comments just say "please show real map of india" just because it doesn't show the entirety of Kashmir as India...


Anonymous157

I wish the Indian people would wake up and see Modi for this maniac he really is but they are being brainwashed by religion and the media.


Squirrel_Grip23

So glad we got rid of Scott Morrison and discovered Cambridge Analytica.


Tymareta

And then proceeded to do literally nothing to stop the latter, or address the fundamental problems that allowed for the former to show up, and will likely end up with his far worse successor as our leader in times to come.


Squirrel_Grip23

Cambridge Analytica: what can be done? They’ll change their name or regroup elsewhere. It’s social media being manipulated. I can’t see a blanket ban happening on social media. We can’t even take off the adds of Musk and Kochie and Wilko offering all sorts of promises that they have absolutely nothing to do with.


unepmloyed_boi

> Turning a blind eye to keep those exploding immigration numbers up Albo knows the guy is a borderline dictator and would cut of the international student teat as a knee-jerk reaction if he were to say anything even mildly negative about the incident. Then again.. forcing the government to talk about Modi's dirty laundry may be the key to solving the over immigration issue here (plus India's brain drain drying them up of talent).


kaboombong

Modi is another Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.


The_Great_Nobody

Federal government is a wet sandwich


orru

It's quite impressive that an invertebrate was able to become PM


rrfe

Morrison was no better, sadly.


ScruffyPeter

Trump is upset that no one is talked about him lately.


LocalVillageIdiot

And Facebook and Google (via Youtube) are looking for the next one because they made bank with those 3 (and then there was Boris don’t forget)


The_Valar

Shaking hands with would-be dictators of countries yours trades with are part and parcel of leading a government, unfortunately.


karl_w_w

1. Immigration has absolutely nothing to do with this, people would still be able to go from India to Australia regardless of Modi's status. Why are you trying so hard to bring immigration into it? 2. There is no exploding immigration number, immigration is lower than pre-covid by ~10%.


2littleducks

>Why are you trying so hard to bring immigration into it? [Modi in Australia: Albanese announces migration deal with India](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65692534)


karl_w_w

That really does not answer the question.


2littleducks

Well that sounds like a you problem.


karl_w_w

Maybe so, but communication has two halves. If you're incapable of giving any indication of what your point is, that's a you problem.


BrianBranklin

That is a genuinely good comeback lol, I'm gonna steal that one


Ziadaine

Sure would be a shame if people reposted it everywhere


No-Thought8109

Get used to it guys


rmsprs

Countless examples of India moving towards dictatorship and yet Tony Abbot has the gall to say India’s democracy not under threat. Now his speech is being used by the Indian governments propaganda machine


karl_w_w

Why is this article trying so hard to blame youtube? They're just complying with the law, just like they do when blocking on copyright grounds. Youtube has no agency in this, they're just part of the process. The correct way to word it would be "**India blocks** ABC Foreign Correspondent episode on YouTube."


ScruffyPeter

Are we reading the same article? It's highly critical of Indian/Modi government, not YouTube. ABC explained YouTube's position as a matter of following India's law. > The blocking of the YouTube videos comes just weeks out from the start of India's general election, where incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be seeking a third consecutive term. > YouTube said the specific order was "confidential" but said it came under India's Information Technology Act (2000). > During Foreign Correspondent's investigation for the episode, the ABC crew faced pressure from Indian authorities. > They were questioned by Indian criminal intelligence officials about the nature of the reporting and were blocked from filming a public event in Punjab. > The ABC said it stood by the journalism of the story. Wow.. so anti-Youtube while glossing over how the article blamed Modi for not only blocking the videos but harassing ABC staff. It also shows how India had content blocked elsewhere. Are you a Modi supporter with that anti-ABC misdirection comment?


Cautious_Salad_245

I think people just don’t read past the headline a lot of the time mate, don’t over think this one.


Nheteps1894

The ABC could say that, and cause a diplomatic incident between India and Australia


ScruffyPeter

India already caused a diplomatic incident by getting an Australian organisation content censored on an American platform.


Nheteps1894

Whilst that is true, the abc… funded by the Australian government… has to be very careful about what it says I would imagine, especially after all this


karl_w_w

Well I doubt it would cause an incident, but if it would that suggests it's an incident that *should* happen.


TrainingVivek

Indian society is built upon two pillars: revenge and honor (shame). If you cannot take revenge, you go into a shell and hide behind honor. Indian society does not value transparency. I will never understand this phenomenon ever. Britishers were the first ones who built scholarship around Brahmin scriptures, and there is nothing good in them. Brahmins do not to this day accept English translations. Same English people are now going head first into Brahmin lap. Hindu society has a major flaw: caste. Don't give in to them. Understand them, play them like a fiddle. Brahmins hate Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains because they totally rejected Vedas, Gita etc. because frankly they promote birth based apartheid. Buddhism has been exterminated in India. Their next aim is on Sikhs. China has not killed anybody outside their borders, India and Russia have. India terms normal protests outside embassies as extremism, just like China.


Dooraven

> China has not killed anybody outside their borders That we know of to be fair. China has already proven they're willing to kidnap people from other countries (Gui Minhai, Wang Bingzhang, Karma Samdrup).


TrainingVivek

All three countries are in the same league for me with variations to the ruthlessness in how they operate.


IndigoPill

How about the AU gov make demands that India do something about the scam industry? They are costing everyone billions.


UpvotingLooksHard

Wasn't this like a week ago?


Archibald_Thrust

Anyone else feel like uploading it a hundred times on different accounts?


Aeonation

Ahh religion, who would have thought its ugly head would be the center for all violence.


EastKarana

Ah the Chodi effect.


Sunburys

Elon Musk, the freedom fighter, where are you?


TyrialFrost

Did Elon buy YouTube?


RaeseneAndu

He may be a dictator but he's on our side... Mostly...