India blocks the Pakistani Government's official Twitter Account

    Twitter Account Blocked by India

NEW DELHI: Bharat blocked the govt. of Pakistan's official Twitter account, Indian media reported on Saturday.

 

Claim relating to the blockage was created by Indian media that conjointly shared a screenshot of the account that gave the impression it was related to Pakistan's government.

 

As per Indian media agency Asian News International's (ANI) website, this wasn't 1st time that Bharat blocked the govt. of Pakistan's Twitter account in its territories. The Modi-led administration has earlier conjointly taken such action; but, the account was rebuilt later.

 

Pakistani officers haven't nonetheless reacted to the news of the blockage.

 

In Gregorian calendar month this year and below India's data Technology Act, 2000, the Indian government prohibited official accounts of varied Pakistani embassies, journalists, and even some distinguished personalities on the micro-blogging website.

 

Following this action, Pakistan's Ministry for Foreign Affairs issued a condemnation, deeming the act "deeply concerning".

 

"Deeply regarding that #India has blocked the flow of data to Indian Twitter by withholding access to the subsequent official accounts," the ministry aforementioned.

 

FO conjointly shared a listing of the prohibited accounts in its tweet, including accounts of the Pakistani Embassy in the United Nations, Turkey, Persia, and Egypt.

 

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) conjointly took up the matter with Twitter once the ban was obligatory.

 

The telecommunication regulator, in a statement, aforementioned that Twitter has been urged to rethink its biased suppression of data and restore official Pakistani accounts for viewing in Bharat.