X Corp calls authorities’s bluff, voices concern about censorship in India

“On July 3, 2025, the Indian authorities ordered X to dam 2,355 accounts in India, together with worldwide information shops like @Reuters and @ReutersWorld, below Part 69A of the IT Act. Non-compliance risked prison legal responsibility.

“The Ministry of Electronics and Data Know-how demanded fast motion — inside one hour — with out offering justification, and required the accounts to stay blocked till additional discover. After public outcry, the federal government requested X to unblock @Reuters and @ReutersWorld,” X Company’s International Authorities Affairs cell posted on the social media platform.

“We’re deeply involved about ongoing press censorship in India as a result of these blocking orders. X is exploring all authorized choices obtainable. Not like customers situated in India, X is restricted by Indian legislation in its potential to deliver authorized challenges towards these govt orders. We urge affected customers to pursue authorized cures via the courts,” the publish went on to recommendation.

It’s embarrassing for the nation when its authorities will get globally known as out for mendacity, posted Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera. Why lie if the federal government had sought the blockage of the account, he puzzled.

Nonetheless, the federal government on Tuesday continued to state that it has not made any recent requests to dam entry to sure X accounts within the nation and that it had proactively acquired the Reuters blockage lifted.

“The Authorities has not issued any recent blocking order on third July 2025 and has no intention to dam any distinguished worldwide Information Channels, together with Reuters and ReutersWorld. The second Reuters and ReutersWorld have been blocked on the X platform in India, instantly the federal government wrote to X to unblock them,” an official MEITy spokesperson stated.