India asks YouTube to take down videos of pilot captured by Pakistan: source

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MUMBAI: India has asked Alphabet Inc's YouTube to take down some videos showing an Indian pilot captured by Pakistan after an air strike conducted by New Delhi in neighbouring territory this week, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Feb 28.

YouTube has already complied with the Indian government's order, said the source, who asked not to be identified as the request was not public.