India again replied to the statement that she had ordered Blocking Reuters’ accounts on social media, accused the social media platform of twisting facts and postponed the process of unblocking the news agency’s handles despite constant monitoring of the Indian government.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) issued a statement on Tuesday, July 8, and stated that the Indian government addressed the x “torque agencies of Reuters World” in India. She stated that India “continuously engaged and vigorously persecuted X” regarding unblocking accounts.
“The government has not issued 3 July 2025 no new blocking order and intends to block any significant international intelligence channels, including Reuters and Reuters World. At the moment of Reuters and Reuters, it was blocked on the X platform in India.
Furthermore, X Elon Muska X accused the “use of technical matters” around the unblocking process and took more than 21 hours to allow access to social media handles.
“X” uses unnecessarily technical engagement involved in the process and does not block URL addresses. After a lot of watching on an hourly basis, however, X finally unlocked agencies and other URL addresses after 21 July 2025.
“India press censorship”: x
The Indian reaction came after Elon Musk X took over the Indian government to block Reuters and Reuters and said that such a “press censorship” was “deeply concerned”.
The X Global Government Government Affairs Affairs claimed that India had ordered the platform to block more than 2300 accounts – including Reuters’ and Reuters – in the country “within one hour without justification”.
“On July 3, 2025, the Indian government ordered X in India to block 2,355 accounts, including international intelligence centers such as @reuters and @reutersworld, according to Section 69a of the IT Act. The risk of being blocked.” contribution.
“We are deeply concerned with the ongoing press censorship in India because of these blocking orders. X examines all available legal possibilities. Unlike users based in India, X is limited by Indian law in its ability to bring legal calls against these executive orders.
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