The official X International Agency Reuters has been limited in India on the basis of “legal demand”. Reuters has not yet issued a statement that explains the reason for blocking his account.
Reuters is a division of the message and media Thomson Reuters. The company says it employs 2,600 journalists in more than 200 locations. The X account in the world of Reuters was also inaccessible from 11:40 pm on Saturdays.
Reuters’ main handle remains inaccessible from 23:30 and says, “@reuters was detained in response to a legal requirement,” News 18 said.
Despite the fact that the main account @reuters X is blocked in India, several associated handles remain accessible. These including Reuters Tech News, Reuters Really Check, Reuters Pictures, Reuters Asia and Reuters China.
According to X, many countries, including the US, have laws that may apply to the content of contributions and/or x.
“In our continuing efforts to make our services available to people everywhere, if we receive a valid and properly sided application from a legitimate entity, it may be necessary to retain access to a particular content in a particular country from time to time,” X.
X The instructions also state that the content may be detained if X has been forced to detain it in response to a valid legal demand, such as a court order. They can also be blocked on the basis of local laws in response to a report given through specific support channels.
He added: “Such precipitation will be limited to a specific jurisdiction that issued a valid legal demand or where the content was found to violate local laws.”
The block seems to be specific to the country because the account is still accessible from other regions.
It is not yet known whether the block is temporary or permanent, or whether it is associated with a specific report or legal order issued against the platform.
(Tagstotranslate) Reuters
