A rede social X He directly accused the government of India of censorship on Tuesday (8), publishing that he received an official order to block 2,355 accounts in the country, including that of the Reuters International news agency, under threat of legal consequences.
“On July 3, 2025, the Government of India ordered the Blocking of 2,355 accounts to X […] Due to Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, “the company said in a statement issued on the platform itself by its team of global government affairs.
In the statement, the company of businessman Elon Musk detailed that the order required compliance “within one hour, without providing justification”, and ordered to keep the bills blocked until a new warning.
The statement was made after, last Sunday (6), the main account of Reuters, with more than 25 million followers, remained blocked in India for several hours. In addition to the international agency, the Chinese official vehicle Global Times and the Turkish public channel TRT World They were also blocked.
A spokesman for the Indian Ministry of Technology told the local agency Ani that the government “did not require” the reuters blockade and that he worked with the X To solve the problem – version that contradicts the statement issued today by the social network.
“We are deeply concerned with continuous press censorship in India,” said the X In the statement, adding that he is studying legal options and asked the affected users to “seek legal solutions in courts”.
The Reuters account was accessible again in India hours after Sunday’s blockade. The policy of X It states that this type of restriction is limited to the specific jurisdiction that issues the legal order.
