Renowned filmmaker Anand Patwardhan has said his National Award-winning documentary "Ram Ke Naam", based on the Babri Masjid demolition, has been age restricted on YouTube.
The director said the video sharing website is "catering to Hindutva goons who want to kill all secular content."
In a Facebook post, the director wrote Sunday, "YouTube is at it again, catering to Hindutva goons who want to kill all secular content. Latest is they have put an 'age restriction' on my film 'Ram Ke Naam' which has a 'U' certificate from CBFC."
The filmmaker said the video sharing website has previously done this to "Jai Bhim Comrade", which also had a 'U' certificate, questioning if "YouTube is even worse than our CBFC?"
Patwardhan had written to YouTube regarding the move, to which the video-sharing website replied that "Ram Ke Naam" was flagged for review, upon which, they "determined that it may not be suitable for all viewers and it has been placed behind an age restriction."
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