Twitter blocked access to several Pakistan linked accounts in India

 Twitter blocked access to several Pakistan linked accounts in India 

Twitter Company: Social media company Twitter has blocked access to several accounts in Pakistan or in Pakistan for legal reasons in India. These accounts include Pakistan United Nations UN mission in New York  US & also  a few embassies in other countries.

Twitter has in the past blocked access to most Indian Twitter accounts or specific tweets at  request of the Indian government under Indian law but this is  1st time under the law that several Pakistani accounts have-been withheld in India.

Protesting a Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman tweeted the names of 4 accounts whose access to India had-been blocked.

These include accounts of Pakistani embassies in Iran Egypt & Turkey in addition to the United Nations UN mission in New York.

Pakistani government Twitter account is also inaccessible in India but it is not clear when it was blocked.

As outlined in our Country Withheld Policy it may be necessary to block access to certain content in response to a valid legal requirement Twitter said in an email.

Twitter didn't say under what specific Indian laws these actions were carried out. But screen shots shared by users & past similar incidents show that such actions have-been taken under Section 69A of the IT Act 2000.

This section of India IT Law allows the Government to conduct any work in  interest of India sovereignty & integrity its defense security friendly relations with foreign states or in interest of public order or any related matter. To prevent  incitement of crime to prevent the public from having access to a mediator.

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Even after the India China border dispute in Ladakh in June 2020 India had banned social media companies & apps based in China under the same section of the law.

The Lumen database which collects & analyzes legal complaints & online content removal requests indicates that there are other accounts belonging to Pakistan that the Government of India has linked to Twitter in India. Access has-been ordered to be blocked such as Murtaza Ali Shah & Mashal Malik.