X says it blocked 8,000 accounts in India after govt's executive orders
X says it blocked 8,000 accounts in India after govt's executive orders
NEW DELHI: (May 8) Social media platform X said on Thursday that it has started blocking 8,000 accounts in India following executive orders from the government.
In a post on X's Global Government Affairs handle, the platform said it received executive orders from the Indian government requiring it to block over 8,000 accounts in the country "subject to potential penalties including significant fines and imprisonment of the company's local employees".
"The orders include demands to block access in India to accounts belonging to international news organisations and prominent X users. In most cases, the Indian government has not specified which posts from an account have violated India's local laws. For a significant number of accounts, we did not receive any evidence or justification to block the accounts," X said.
