Instagram restricts cartoonist Satish Acharya’s account in India over cartoons on EC

After Instagram restricted access to cartoonist Satish Acharya’s account within India, the Kerala Cartoon Academy expressed solidarity with him and called for the “ban” to be revoked.

The restriction came days after Acharya’s cartoons took on the Election Commission over its decisions on the electoral roll revision exercise.

A message displayed on Acharya’s Instagram page said, “We temporarily restricted access to this account pursuant to legal requirements under India’s Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules.”