The Pakistan government's official Twitter account has been withheld in India.
When anyone tries to access the Twitter account of the
Pakistan government, it says, "Account Withheld @GovtofPakistan's account
has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand."
This is reportedly the third time when Pakistan's Twitter
account has been restricted to be viewed in India.
Earlier in October 2022, the Twitter account of the Pakistan
government was withheld in India.
It was reportedly the second such incident in recent months.
This account was withheld earlier in July as well but had been reactivated and was
visible.
According to Twitter guidelines, the microblogging site
takes such action in response to a valid legal demand, such as a court order.
Currently, the Twitter feed of the Pakistan government
"@GovtofPakistan" is not visible to Indian users.
In June last year, Twitter in India banned official accounts
of Pakistan Embassies in the United Nations, Turkey, Iran and Egypt. In August,
India blocked eight YouTube-based news channels, including one operating from
Pakistan and one Facebook account for posting "fake, anti-India
content" online.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in a statement
that the action was taken by imposing emergency powers under Information Technology
Rules, 2021.
The blocked Indian YouTube channels were observed to be
using fake and sensational thumbnails, images of news anchors and logos of
certain TV news channels to mislead the viewers to believe that the news was
authentic.
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