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Last Updated:May 14, 2025, 11:25 IST
Last week, the social media platform X said that it had started blocking 8,000 accounts in India following executive orders from the government
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The official X account of Chinese mouthpiece Global Times has been blocked in India, days after similar action was taken against several Pakistani handles. However, the website of Global Times is still visible in the country.
This development comes after India slammed China and rejected its attempts to rename some places in Arunachal Pradesh, saying such “preposterous" attempts will not alter the “undeniable" reality that the state “was, is, and will" always remain an integral part of India.
“We have noticed that China has persisted with its vain and preposterous attempts to name places in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
“We reject such attempts categorically. Creative naming will not alter the undeniable reality that Arunachal Pradesh was, is, and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India," he added.
Last week, the social media platform X said that it had started blocking 8,000 accounts in India following executive orders from the government.
In a post on X’s Global Government Affairs handle, the platform said it received executive orders from the Indian government requiring it to block over 8,000 accounts in the country “subject to potential penalties including significant fines and imprisonment of the company’s local employees".
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