Facebook blocks YouTuber Dhruv Rathee\'s page month before Lok Sabha polls\, restores it later

Facebook blocks YouTuber Dhruv Rathee's page month before Lok Sabha polls, restores it later

Dhruv Rathee said that Facebook banned his page just one month before the Lok Sabha elections.

Dhruv Rathee's Facebook account was restored later. (Photo: Facebook)

Facebook on Sunday blocked YouTuber and prominent PM Narendra Modi critic Dhruv Rathee's page over his post on Hitler. Facebook, however, unblocked his page on Monday after Dhruv Rathee and his followers protested the action.

Dhruv Rathee said, "Today, @Facebook banned my account for 30 days. What a coincidence that elections are 30 days away also and what a coincidence that my engagement rates are one of the biggest in India, competing with BJP's top propaganda pages, including Modi's official page."

Rathee also shared the screenshots of the Facebook engagement data where his page, at number fifth, had 2.8 million of user engagement.


After his account was unblocked, he tweeted: "Thanks a lot for your support guys! Just opened Facebook and they have restored my account and removed the block. Also, thank you @facebook for the prompt action and admitting the mistake!"

In another tweet, the YouTuber said that the reason Facebook cited one of his posts being against the "community standards" as the reason for blocking his page. The post, he said, did not have any abusive or disrespectful words.

"The reason they banned the account is because they say following post goes against community standards. But in this post, not a single abusive word. Not a single disrespectful word," he tweeted. He asked if educating people about Hitler through the Britannica encyclopedia against FB's standards.


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Posted byChanchal Chauhan