NEW DELHI: The Pakistan authorities`s official Twitter account has been withheld in India. When anybody tries to entry the Twitter account of the Pakistan authorities, 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 seen in India.Earlier in October 2022, the Twitter account of the Pakistan authorities was withheld in India. It was reportedly the second such incident in current months. This account was withheld earlier in July as properly however had been reactivated and was seen.
According to Twitter pointers, the microblogging web site takes such motion in response to a legitimate authorized demand, reminiscent of a courtroom order. Currently, the Twitter feed of the Pakistan authorities “@GovtofPakistan” is just not seen to Indian customers.
In June final yr, Twitter in India banned official accounts of Pakistan Embassies within the United Nations, Turkey, Iran and Egypt. In August, India blocked eight YouTube-based information channels, together with one working from Pakistan and one Facebook account for posting “fake, anti-India content” on-line.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in a press release that the motion was taken by imposing emergency powers beneath Information Technology Rules, 2021. The blocked Indian YouTube channels have been noticed to be utilizing faux and sensational thumbnails, pictures of stories anchors and logos of sure TV information channels to mislead the viewers to consider that the information was genuine.
