NEW DELHI: Hours after the Elon Musk-owned social media intermediary ‘X’ stated that it had started blocking accounts in response to directives from the Indian government, the ‘Global Government Affairs’ account of X (formerly Twitter) was temporarily withheld in India.When attempting to access the ‘@GlobalAffairs’ account, a message appeared on screen stating, ‘Account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand’.In compliance with executive orders from the Indian government, X began blocking over 8,000 accounts in India on Thursday.The platform took action following a government warning that non-compliance could result in substantial fines and imprisonment of the company’s local employees.In a post on X late Thursday evening, the Global Government Affairs team confirmed that, following the orders, it had commenced restricting access to specified accounts within India. However, it also expressed its reservations.
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