<p>New Delhi: International news agency Reuters' X account was withheld in India for a few hours but restored later on Sunday after the government intervened to say it had not sought the blocking of the handle.</p><p>Reuters' X account was blocked from being accessed in India overnight, leading to speculations.</p><p>The government asked the Elon Musk-owned platform for an explanation and said that it had not sought such a move. X restored access to the account shortly after.</p><p>A government official said that "all blocked channels on X have been opened now".</p>.Reuters' X account blocked in India; Centre says no legal requirement made. <p>On random check, it was found that Chinese media organisation GlobalTimes and Turkish media house TRT World were also accessible after being blocked again by X for users in India.</p><p>The notice displayed on X till Sunday evening showed that Reuters' X account had been withheld in India "in response to a legal demand".</p><p>However, a government spokesperson said no legal requirement was made to withhold the account.</p><p>Earlier in the day, sources said a demand for blocking the account alongside several hundreds of other accounts was made during Operation Sindoor in May. While many of them were blocked, the Reuters handle wasn't.</p><p>X seems to have now acted on that request and blocked Reuters' handle in India. And since the issue isn't relevant now, the government has asked X to explain the blocking and lift the embargo, they said.</p><p>The official accounts of Chinese media organisation Global Times and Turkish media house TRT World on X were also blocked again citing a legal demand, which the government said was not required now.</p><p>"There is no requirement from the government of India to withhold the Global Times News/trtworld handle. We are continuously working with X to resolve the problem," the spokesperson had said.</p><p>Some of the major media house accounts that were blocked during Operation Sindoor, including Chinese Xinhua News, continued to be accessible without any disruption.</p><p>"An order was issued on May 7 (during Operation Sindoor) but it was not enforced. X seems to have enforced that order now which is a mistake on their part. The government reached out to X to resolve it," an official source said.</p><p>An e-mail sent to Reuters seeking comments did not elicit a response.</p><p>While Reuters' affiliated X handles such as Reuters Tech News, Reuters Fact Check, Reuters Asia, and Reuters China were accessible in India, both official X accounts of the global news agency as well as Reuters World handles were inaccessible.</p><p>X users attempting to access the main account could see a message that read: "Account withheld. @ Reuters has been withheld in IN in response to a legal demand."</p><p>On its help centre page, X explains such messages "about country withheld content" means X was compelled to withhold the entire account specified or posted in response to a valid legal demand, such as a court order or local laws.</p>
<p>New Delhi: International news agency Reuters' X account was withheld in India for a few hours but restored later on Sunday after the government intervened to say it had not sought the blocking of the handle.</p><p>Reuters' X account was blocked from being accessed in India overnight, leading to speculations.</p><p>The government asked the Elon Musk-owned platform for an explanation and said that it had not sought such a move. X restored access to the account shortly after.</p><p>A government official said that "all blocked channels on X have been opened now".</p>.Reuters' X account blocked in India; Centre says no legal requirement made. <p>On random check, it was found that Chinese media organisation GlobalTimes and Turkish media house TRT World were also accessible after being blocked again by X for users in India.</p><p>The notice displayed on X till Sunday evening showed that Reuters' X account had been withheld in India "in response to a legal demand".</p><p>However, a government spokesperson said no legal requirement was made to withhold the account.</p><p>Earlier in the day, sources said a demand for blocking the account alongside several hundreds of other accounts was made during Operation Sindoor in May. While many of them were blocked, the Reuters handle wasn't.</p><p>X seems to have now acted on that request and blocked Reuters' handle in India. And since the issue isn't relevant now, the government has asked X to explain the blocking and lift the embargo, they said.</p><p>The official accounts of Chinese media organisation Global Times and Turkish media house TRT World on X were also blocked again citing a legal demand, which the government said was not required now.</p><p>"There is no requirement from the government of India to withhold the Global Times News/trtworld handle. We are continuously working with X to resolve the problem," the spokesperson had said.</p><p>Some of the major media house accounts that were blocked during Operation Sindoor, including Chinese Xinhua News, continued to be accessible without any disruption.</p><p>"An order was issued on May 7 (during Operation Sindoor) but it was not enforced. X seems to have enforced that order now which is a mistake on their part. The government reached out to X to resolve it," an official source said.</p><p>An e-mail sent to Reuters seeking comments did not elicit a response.</p><p>While Reuters' affiliated X handles such as Reuters Tech News, Reuters Fact Check, Reuters Asia, and Reuters China were accessible in India, both official X accounts of the global news agency as well as Reuters World handles were inaccessible.</p><p>X users attempting to access the main account could see a message that read: "Account withheld. @ Reuters has been withheld in IN in response to a legal demand."</p><p>On its help centre page, X explains such messages "about country withheld content" means X was compelled to withhold the entire account specified or posted in response to a valid legal demand, such as a court order or local laws.</p>