India compels X to block over 8,000 accounts

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India has ordered X to block more than 8,000 accounts, the platform said, adding that it was reluctantly complying with what it described as government-imposed "censorship." Thursday’s move appears to be part of India's sweeping clampdown targeting social media accounts of Pakistani politicians, celebrities, and media organisations amid heightened tensions and deadly confrontations between the two South Asian neighbours. The order, which