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Recently, the Indian government has instructed to block thousands of accounts, and social media platform X has pointed it out as a move against freedom of the press.
Billionaire Elon Musk's company, X, has been instructed to ban two accounts of the international news agency, Reuters, according to X. The company has criticized this as an "attack on press freedom" which is increasing in India.
Hindustan Times has written a news about the Indian government's directive to ban about 8000 X accounts with the growing Indo-Pakistan tension after the Pahalgam attack. In India this week, two accounts at "Reuters" and at "Reuters World" were closed on Saturday. There was a message on them saying 'Closed in India as per government instructions'. Many other accounts were also blocked . The Indian government has said that it is not involved in this.
Government of India on July 3 under Section 69A of the Information Technology (IT) Act in India 2 thousand 355 X claims to have ordered the blocking of accounts.
"The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology gave instructions to close the account within an hour without giving any reasonable reason," X said in his post, "If you don't follow the instructions, there is a risk of imprisonment." The accounts were asked to be blocked until further notice.'
A spokesperson for India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology responded that the government had issued "no new blocking order" on July 3 and had "no intention to block any major international news channels", including Reuters and Reuters World.
Section 69A of India's Information Technology Act guarantees the government the right to direct public access to content "in the interest of India's sovereignty, integrity, defense of India, security of the state". Orders issued under this section are confidential in nature .
Social media platform X said in a statement that the Indian government requested the restoration of the Reuters account after "public outcry". Reuters account has more than 2.5 million followers worldwide and Reuters World has 718,000 followers. There has been a disagreement between the platform and the Indian government regarding the directive to remove content from X.
