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Twitter withholds several accounts including Prasar Bharati CEO s after request from govt
According to sources, Ministry of Electronics and IT had directed Twitter to block around 250 tweets/Twitter accounts for provocative posts linked to farmers protest.
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NEW DELHI: Twitter has blocked several accounts and tweets after the government asked the microblogging platform to take action against 250 handles and posts for containing false and provocative content related to the ongoing farmers agitation, according to sources.
These include accounts of Kisan Ekta Morcha and BKU Ekta Urgahan that have thousands of followers and have been actively involved in the ongoing protests.
Twitter blocked around 250 accounts following requests from the Indian government.
New Delhi:
The Twitter account of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati s chief executive was among those blocked by the social networking company on Monday amid a broad sweep of users found using a hashtag deemed inappropriate by the government. The account was restored later in the evening.
Shashi Shekhar Vempati s account was withheld inadvertently by Twitter, government sources said, as authorities asked the US company to take down accounts that had used the hashtag #ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide during the ongoing farmers protests.
Prasar Bharati asked Twitter to explain the reason for withholding Mr Vempati s account but soon deleted the tweet.
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