{"id":678863,"date":"2025-07-07T03:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T00:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/x-blocked-reuters-accounts-in-india\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T03:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T00:35:14","slug":"x-blocked-reuters-accounts-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/x-blocked-reuters-accounts-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"X blocked Reuters accounts in India"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The main Reuters news<\/a> account, as well as the Reuters World account, became inaccessible to X users in India on Saturday evening. Access was subsequently restored on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Reuters reports<\/a> that Indian users attempting to view the @Reuters account \u2014 which has 25 million followers \u2014 instead saw a message stating that the account \u201chas been withheld in IN (India) in response to a legal demand.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, an Indian government spokesperson told TechCrunch, \u201cThere is no requirement from the Government of India to withhold Reuters handle. We are continuously working with X to resolve the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Reuters spokesperson said the news agency is \u201cworking with X to resolve this matter.\u201d Reuters also says its social media<\/a> team previously received a notification from X in May stating that the company was withholding content at the Indian government\u2019s request, though the notification did not specify which agency made the request or which content was being targeted.<\/p>\n

The social media platform formerly known as Twitter (which recently merged with another Elon Musk company, xAI) has criticized the Indian government over demands that it block certain accounts and posts.<\/p>\n

It even sued the government in March, claiming that a new website allows \u201cunrestrained censorship of information in India\u201d by unlawfully enabling \u201ccountless\u201d public officials to take down content or block accounts. The government said the website only allowed it to notify companies about harmful online content.<\/p>\n

Last year, X also engaged in a protracted battle with Brazil\u2019s Supreme Court, which saw the service shut down operations in the country, then get banned for more than a month.<\/p>\n

X did not immediately respond to a TechCrunch request for comment. Reuters did not immediately respond to a TechCrunch\u2019s additional questions about its communication with the Indian government and X.<\/p>\n

The post has been updated to reflect that the Reuters accounts have been restored.<\/em> Additional reporting by Jagmeet Singh.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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