Published 16:31 IST, February 1st 2021

Twitter withholds several accounts over 'legal demands', Prasar Bharati questions move

On Monday, February 1, Twitter suspended many accounts in response to 'legal demands'. The accounts include Prasar Bharti CEO Shashi Shekhar, and others

Reported by: Chetna Kapoor
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On Monday, February 1, Twitter suspended many accounts in response to 'legal demands'. The accounts include Prasar Bharti CEO Shashi Shekhar, the Kisan Ekta Morcha, activist Hansraj Meena, @Tractor2twitr, @jatt_junction, actor Sushant Singh, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Jarnail Singh.

The accounts have been withheld in response to 'legal demands', Twitter's disclaimer reads. At the time of writing this, the reason wasn't disclosed. "If you see the above message, it means Twitter was compelled to withhold the entire account specified (e.g., @username) in response to a valid legal demand, such as a court order," Twitter's Help Centre page reads.

Prasar Bharati's official page questioned Twitter after Shashi Shekhar's account was withheld and asked on what "grounds" was it done?

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IT ministry said it has blocked around 250 Tweets/Twitter accounts which were using ‘ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide’ hashtag and making fake, intimidatory and provocative tweets on Saturday. This has been done on the request of MHA and law enforcement agencies.

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16:15 IST, February 1st 2021