8000 X Accounts Blocked: X has written on the social media site that on the orders of the Government of India, social media site X (formerly Twitter) has blocked 8000 accounts. X itself has given this information. X has said that after receiving an official order from the Government of India, the social media site has closed 8,000 accounts running in India. The government had said that if it did not do so, the local employees of the company would be fined and could also be sent to jail.

8000 X Accounts Blocked: Amid the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan after the death of 26 innocent civilians in the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, social media site X has blocked 8,000 accounts. Anti-India propaganda was being carried out from these accounts. After this, the Indian government wrote a letter to Twitter and asked to block those accounts. X has given this information on one of its Twitter handles. X has said that all the accounts blocked belong to international news organizations and are well-known X users. However, it has also said that it does not agree with this stance of the Indian government.

X accounts were blocked on the orders of the Indian Government

X has written on the social media site that on the orders of the Indian government, social media site X (formerly Twitter) has blocked 8000 accounts. The Indian government has ordered it to block the accounts spreading propaganda against India on social media sites in India. The government said that if it does not do so, the local employees of the company will be fined and can also be sent to jail.

X wrote this on the Global Government Affairs handle

X has said through its Global Government Affairs handle that it does not agree with the Indian government's stance, but after receiving the government's order, those 8,000 accounts have been blocked only in India. X has started the process. X has said that in most of the cases, the Indian government has not clarified which account's post violated India's local rules.