# India has ordered X to block more than eight-thousand accounts. The platform says that it was reluctantly complying with what it described as government-imposed “censorship”. The move appears to be part of India’s sweeping crackdown targeting social media accounts of Pakistani politicians, celebrities and media organisations amid heightened tensions and deadly confrontations between the nuclear-armed neighbors. The order, which X said includes demands to block international news organisations and other prominent users, comes a day after Meta banned a prominent Muslim news page on Instagram in India at New Delhi’s request.
Indian government orders X to block thousands of accounts