{"id":107632,"date":"2025-07-07T19:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=107632"},"modified":"2025-07-07T19:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:54:13","slug":"india-restores-reuters-x-account-after-suspension-over-legal-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/107632\/","title":{"rendered":"India restores Reuters X account after suspension over legal demand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEW DELHI(National Times)-  The\u00a0<em>Reuters News<\/em>\u00a0account on X has been restored in India, a day after the social media platform suspended it citing a legal demand. &#8220;At this time, we are no longer withholding access in INDIA to your account,&#8221; X said in an email to the\u00a0<em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0social media team, without elaborating. Representatives for X,\u00a0<em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0and the Indian government did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the restoration of the account. Earlier on Sunday, a spokesperson for the Indian government&#8217;s Press Information Bureau told\u00a0<em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0that no Indian government agency had required withholding the\u00a0<em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0handle, adding that officials were working with X to resolve the problem. A\u00a0<em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0spokesperson had said the agency was working with X to resolve this matter and get the\u00a0<em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0account reinstated in India as soon as possible. <em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0World, another X account operated by the news agency, which was blocked in India, was also restored late Sunday night. The main\u00a0<em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0account, which has more than 25 million followers globally, had been blocked in India since Saturday night. A notice told X users that &#8220;@Reuters has been withheld in IN (India) in response to a legal demand&#8221;. In an email to the\u00a0<em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0social media team on May 16, X said: &#8220;It is our policy to notify account holders if we receive a legal request from an authorised entity (such as law enforcement or a government agency) to remove content from their account.&#8221; &#8220;In order to comply with X obligations under India&#8217;s local laws, we have withheld your X account in India under the country&#8217;s Information Technology Act, 2000; the content remains available elsewhere&#8221;. <em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0could not ascertain if the May 16 email was linked to Saturday&#8217;s account suspension, nor could it determine what specific content the demand referred to, why its removal was sought or the entity that had lodged the complaint. While the email did not specify which entity had made the request or what content they sought to remove, it said X had been advised that in such cases, a user could contact the secretary of India&#8217;s Information and Broadcasting Ministry. The secretary, Sanjay Jaju, did not respond to requests seeking comment. The 2000 law allows designated government officials to demand the takedown of content from social media platforms they deem to violate local laws, including on the grounds of national security or if a post threatens public order. X has long been at odds with India&#8217;s government over content-removal requests. In March, the company sued the federal government over a new government website that the company says expands takedown powers to &#8220;countless&#8221; government officials. The case is continuing. India has said X wrongly labelled an official website a &#8220;censorship portal&#8221;, as the website only allows tech companies to be notified about harmful online content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI(National Times)- The\u00a0Reuters News\u00a0account on X has been restored in India, a day after the social media platform suspended it citing a legal demand. &#8220;At this time, we are no longer withholding access in INDIA to your account,&#8221; X said in an email to the\u00a0Reuters\u00a0social media team, without elaborating. 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