‘Indian govt gave us one hour and no justification to suspend 2300 accounts, including Reuters’, claims X; Centre responds

X on Tuesday said that it had been directed by the Indian government to block more than 2,300 accounts, including the official handles of global news agency Reuters. The order, issued on July 3 under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act. “Non-compliance risked criminal liability. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology demanded immediate action- within one hour- without providing justification, and required the accounts to remain blocked until further notice,” a post by X’s Global Government Affairs team read..