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Hindustan Times
2 hours ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
X handles of Reuters, TRT World, Global Times restored
The X handles of international news organisations like Reuters, Turkey's TRT World and China's Global Times News were restored late on Sunday night, nearly 24 hours after they were blocked in India with the messages on the social media platform saying that '…has been withheld in IN in response to legal demand'. X handles of Reuters, TRT World, Global Times restored While a spokesperson for the IT ministry said that there was no requirement from the government to withhold these accounts and that they were 'continuously working with X to resolve the problem', a senior official at the ministry said that the Reuters handle was among the accounts the government had asked the social media platform to block during Operation Sindoor. 'X did not comply with the order at the time and the government did not escalate matter,' the official said, further expressing surprise that the handle was blocked in a 'delayed response to the earlier directive'. During Operation Sindoor, the Indian government sent executive orders to block over 8,000 accounts of foreign news outlets and prominent users. There was no immediate response from X on HT's request for comment. The official cited above, meanwhile, said that the government has sent a written response to X asking the social media company to explain the blocking. The handles of both TRT World and Global Times News were restricted by the Indian government during Operation Sindoor amid a crackdown on 'anti-India content', and restored later, until Saturday night when they were withheld again. Another official in the ministry said that it appeared to be a technical issue. The blocking of these handles comes days after YouTube and Instagram accounts of several Pakistani celebrities and news channels were unblocked for a day with officials citing a 'technical error'. They were later re-blocked.
Time of India
5 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
X a/cs of China's GT, Turkiye's TRT, Reuters withheld
NEW DELHI: Social media platform X has withheld the handles of Chinese state media outlet Global Times News and Turkish public broadcaster TRT World in India "in response to legal demand". This demand can be a court order, or a request from the Centre that was probably made during Op Sindoor to contain misinformation. At that time, X accounts of Chinese news agency Xinhua had been blocked, but it can now be accessed in India. Also, the handle of news agency Reuters was withheld on Saturday. A govt spokesperson said, "There is no requirement from GOI to withhold this handle. We are continuously working with X to resolve the problem."
News18
21 hours ago
- Business
- News18
'Working With X To Resolve Problem': Govt After Global Times, TRT World Blocked In India
Last Updated: Two more accounts of foreign media outlets were blocked on X in India, however, the government made it clear that it was working with the platform to fix the issue. The Government of India on Sunday clarified that it was working with X to resolve the issue after two more foreign media handles were blocked in the country on X, an official spokesperson said. This comes moments after the X accounts of Chinese mouthpiece Global Times News and Turkish TRT World were 'withheld" in what X showed was 'in response to a legal demand". 'There is no requirement from the Government of India to withhold Global Times news/trtworld handle. We are continuously working with X to resolve the problem," the spokesperson said. More to follow… First Published:
Hindustan Times
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
China's Global Times' X handle blocked in India amid India-Pakistan tensions
The Indian government on Wednesday banned the X account of China's state-run media outlet Global Times over spreading unverified news amid India-Pakistan military tensions. This comes after the Indian Embassy in China strongly cautioned the media outlet to verify facts before posting on social media. 'Dear Global Times News, we would recommend you verify your facts and cross-examine your sources before pushing out this kind of disinformation,' the Embassy said in a post on X
