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Govt denies fresh request to block global news agency on X

Millennium Post Delhi

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July 09, 2025

X alleged that 2,355 accounts were ordered to be blocked under Section 69A of the IT Act

- VINAY KUMAR

NEW DELHI: India has denied social media platform X's claims that it ordered the blocking of over 2,000 accounts, including international news agency Reuters on July 3.

Responding to the ongoing controversy, an official spokesperson said on Tuesday that there was "no fresh blocking order" and that the government had "no intention to block any prominent international news channels, including Reuters and Reuters World".

The government statement came as the Elon Musk-owned platform claimed that the Indian government had sought the blocking of over 2,300 X handles in India.

"The Government has not issued any fresh blocking order on 3rd July 2025 and has no intention to block any prominent international News Channels, including Reuters and ReutersWorld. The moment Reuters and Reuters World were blocked on the X platform in India, immediately the government wrote to 'X' to unblock them," an official spokesperson of the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) said.

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