🚨🇮🇳X #BLOCKS 8,000+ ACCOUNTS IN INDIA AMID #GOVT ORDERS, SLAMS ‘CENSORSHIP’

🔹 X (formerly Twitter) blocked 8,000+ accounts after Indian govt orders threatening fines and jail

🔹Targets: Includes global media, activists, and prominent users

🔹Criticism: X calls it #censorship ,citing no clear legal justification or evidence for many blocks

🔹Transparency: Govt orders not published; X urges legal recourse for affected users

🔹Legal stance: X is #limited by Indian law in its ability to challenge the orders

🔹Quote: “#Blocking entire accounts… amounts to censorship… and violates free speech”

-India Today