THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: P V Anwar MLA made strong remark against YouTube news channels. Anwar accused most of the YouTubers as thugs and anti-socials. "Real media is highly respected. Democracy needs them to function properly. But YouTubers are anti-socials who turn media activity as a means of abuse, suicide, money-making and blackmail.” he said.
Anwar alleged that YouTubers are destroying communal harmony in Kerala and they have no guilt in destroying secular Kerala. If you talk about Muslim in a YouTube video, the Hindus in Kerala will be the viewers. Muslims will see the video to know about the content. Christians will also see it. The same is true when it comes to Hindus. If the channel serves communalism, it will increase the viewership and thereby generate money.
Anwar said that Kerala is about to see the evil deeds of such YouTube channels such as incidents of them extorting money by blackmail. P V Anwar also added that they are making money by smuggling the secrets of the country's police and defence to foreign countries using special software and let the police and central agencies investigate this.