India Briefly Blocks X Accounts Of China's Global Times, Turkey's TRT Over Pakistani Propaganda

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Last Updated:May 14, 2025, 17:59 IST

Last week, the societal media level X said that it had started blocking 8,000 accounts successful India pursuing enforcement orders from the government

Turkey and China are all-weather allies of Pakistan (Photo: Representation)

India connected Wednesday concisely blocked the authoritative X accounts of Chinese state-run outlet Global Times and Turkish broadcaster TRT World, amid concerns implicit the dispersed of Pakistani propaganda. However, the X relationship of China’s Xinhua News Agency remains withheld successful the country.

The 2 accounts were unblocked soon aft the restrictions were reported. Earlier, it was noted that the X handles of Global Times, Xinhua, and TRT World had been restricted successful India, days aft akin enactment was taken against respective Pakistani handles. Despite the determination connected societal media, the websites of these quality organisations stay accessible successful the country.

The enactment came days aft the Indian Embassy successful Beijing publically criticised Global Times for spreading unverified claims astir India’s Operation Sindoor.

“Dear @globaltimesnews, we would urge you verify your facts and cross-examine your sources earlier pushing retired this benignant of dis-information," the embassy said successful a station connected May 7.

Meanwhile, Indians are calling for a boycott of countries, including Turkey and Azerbaijan, for supporting Pakistan aft the panic onslaught successful Pahalgam.

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Last week, a quality study by China Daily falsely claimed that astatine slightest 3 Indian jets had crashed successful Kashmir. The fact-check portion of the Press Information Bureau (PIB)debunked the assertion and said that the accompanying representation successful the communicative is from an earlier incidental successful 2019.

It is worthy noting that Pakistan utilized Chinese drones and missiles to onslaught Indian cities aft Indian equipped forces struck 9 panic infrastructures successful Pakistan and PoK.

Amid the heightened tensions betwixt New Delhi and Islamabad, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that China volition proceed to basal firmly by Pakistan successful upholding its “sovereignty, territorial integrity, and nationalist independence".

Earlier successful the day, India deed retired astatine China and rejected its attempts to rename immoderate places successful Arunachal Pradesh, saying specified “preposterous" attempts volition not change the “undeniable" world that the authorities “was, is, and will" ever stay an integral portion of India.

“We person noticed that China has persisted with its vain and preposterous attempts to sanction places successful the Indian authorities of Arunachal Pradesh," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.

“We cull specified attempts categorically. Creative naming volition not change the undeniable world that Arunachal Pradesh was, is, and volition ever stay an integral and inalienable portion of India," helium added.

Last week, the societal media level X said that it had started blocking 8,000 accounts in India pursuing enforcement orders from the government.

In a station connected X’s Global Government Affairs handle, the level said it received enforcement orders from the Indian authorities requiring it to artifact implicit 8,000 accounts successful the state “subject to imaginable penalties including important fines and imprisonment of the company’s section employees".

Ban On TRT World

TRT was banned aft it was seen actively campaigning against India by disseminating pro-Pakistan and anti-India narratives concerning the Kashmir region. This run involves the accordant posting of videos and articles that represent India arsenic an occupying unit successful Kashmir. Furthermore, TRT has been providing a platf...