Twitter blocked around 250 accounts following requests from the Indian government.
New Delhi:
The Twitter account of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati s chief executive was among those blocked by the social networking company on Monday amid a broad sweep of users found using a hashtag deemed inappropriate by the government. The account was restored later in the evening.
Shashi Shekhar Vempati s account was withheld inadvertently by Twitter, government sources said, as authorities asked the US company to take down accounts that had used the hashtag #ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide during the ongoing farmers protests.
Prasar Bharati asked Twitter to explain the reason for withholding Mr Vempati s account but soon deleted the tweet.