Brief by Shorts91 NewsDesk / 04:07pm on 08 Jul 2025,Tuesday India
X (Elon Musk’s platform) claimed that on July 3, 2025, the Indian government ordered it to block 2,355 accounts including @Reuters and @ReutersWorld under Section 69A of the IT Act, warning of criminal liability and demanding compliance within one hour. The Reuters accounts were briefly withheld in India, restored by July 6 after public backlash. India’s IT ministry and Press Information Bureau denied issuing any fresh blocks on July 3 and said they promptly asked X to unblock the accounts. They accused X of “exploiting technicalities” and delaying by 21 hours. X criticised this as “press censorship” and is exploring legal options.(PC: Wikipedia)
