The ‘government of Pakistan’ Twitter account has been blocked in India. “Account Withheld @GovtofPakistan’s account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand. https://Learn more,” reads the notice on the company’s official Twitter page. Twitter has blocked the Pakistan government’s account from being viewed in India in response to a legal demand, according to a notice on the social media platform.
What Twitter blocking accounts on these grounds mean
According to Twitter’s guidelines, “If you see the above message, it means that Twitter was compelled to withhold the entire account specified (e.g., @username) in response to a valid legal demand, such as a court order.
This means that the company’s guidelines compel it to withhold entire accounts in response to a valid legal demand, such as a court order.
Twitter says that it uses information that “we may receive about your location to determine your country.”
Not opening in the US too
According to a report in Reuters, the account, @GovtofPakistan, remained available for viewing and interaction from countries such as the United States and Canada, Reuters checks showed.
So far, Twitter as well as India and Pakistan’s IT ministries have not officially made a satement on the blocking of the Twitter account.