Reuters’ banned accounts in India

The Reuters news account, as well as the World Reuters account, has become not possible for X users in India on Saturday evening. The arrival was later regained on Sunday.

Reuters reports Indian users who are trying to view a Reuters account – which contains 25 million followers – saw a message stating that the account “has been withheld in (India) in response to legal order.”

However, a spokesman for the Indian government told Techcrunch, “There is no condition from the government of India to block Reuters. We are constantly working with X to solve the problem.”

A Reuters spokesman said the news agency “is working with X to solve this issue.” Reuters also says that its social media team had previously received a notification from X in May, saying that the company was blocking the content at the request of the Indian government, although the notification did not specify the agency that was submitted or any content that was targeted.

The social media platform previously known as Twitter (which recently I merged with another Elon Musk, XaiHe has The Indian government criticized The demands are prohibited from some accounts and jobs.

until Fif up a lawsuit against the government in MarchClaiming that a new web site allows “unrestricted control in India” by enabling public officials “unlawful” in an illegal way to download content or prohibiting accounts. The government said that the site was only allowed to notify companies of harmful content online.

Last year, X also participated in a long battle with the Brazil Supreme Court, which witnessed the service Close operations in the countrythen Get a ban to More than a month.

X did not immediately respond to the Techcrunch request for comment. Reuters did not immediately answer the additional Techcrunch questions about its contact with the Indian government and X.

The post has been updated to reflect that Reuters accounts were restored. Additional reports by jagmeet Singh.