The Twitter account of the Pakistan Government was withheld in India on Saturday (1 October 2022).
The move comes days after the ban on Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates.
On the Twitter page of the official handle, it was written that the account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand.
The micro-blogging website noted that in the last six months of 2021, it received 326 legal demands to block content posted by accounts of verified journalists and news companies, of which 114 came from India, accounting for over a third of total blocking requests. Nations like Turkey, Russia and Pakistan made up the top four along with India in issuing such demands to Twitter.
“349 accounts of verified journalists and news outlets located around the world were subject to 326 legal demands, a 103% increase in the number of accounts since the previous reporting period (January-December 2021),” Twitter said. “This spike is largely attributed to legal demands submitted by India (114), Turkey (78), Russia (55), and Pakistan (48).”
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