Govt sources earlier said that no action was taken against either outlet while the IT Ministry hinted at confusion from X’s side.
The X accounts of UK-based news agency Reuters and Turkish broadcaster TRT World appeared to have been restored in India late Sunday evening, a day after users noticed they were being withheld in the country. Government sources speaking to CNN-News18 earlier in the day had clarified that India did not instruct X (formerly Twitter) to block either handle and said both outlets are free to operate in the country.
The blockade of the X account in India “seems like a technical issue or confusion from the X side”, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said.