Because the X deal with of the worldwide information company Reuters is at the moment inaccessible to Indian customers, the Centre has denied any position in the identical and mentioned that there was no requirement from the Indian Authorities and that work is occurring with the social media platform owned by Elon Musk to resolve the difficulty.
ANI quoted an official spokesperson of the Ministry of Electronics and Info Expertise as saying, “There isn’t any requirement from the Authorities of India to withhold the Reuters deal with. We’re repeatedly working with ‘X’ to resolve the issue.”
“There isn’t any requirement from the Authorities of India to withhold the Reuters deal with. We’re repeatedly working with ‘X’ to resolve the issue,” says the Official Spokesperson, Ministry of Electronics and Info Expertise.
— ANI (@ANI) July 6, 2025
This clarification by the Indian authorities comes after the official deal with of the organisation was withheld in India.
The web page of Reuters on the social media platform at the moment reveals ‘Account Withheld’.
Customers who tried to entry the Reuters account in India encountered the message, “@ Reuters has been withheld in IN in response to a authorized demand.”
The X handles of Turkiye’s TRT, China’s World Instances additionally encountered the identical ‘Account Withheld’ message.
What Is ‘Account Withheld’?
On its assist centre web page, the X explains that such messages “about nation withheld content material” imply that X was compelled to withhold the complete account specified or posts in response to a legitimate authorized demand, equivalent to a court docket order or native legal guidelines.
“For those who see the above message, it means X withheld content material based mostly on native regulation(s) in response to a report filed by means of particular help consumption channels,” the social media platform defined.
(with ANI inputs)