Govt asks Twitter to block 250 tweets/accounts for 'provocative' posts linked to farmers' protest

New Delhi, February 01: In a major development, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) on Monday asked social media giant to block around 250 Tweets/Twitter accounts for containing 'false and provocative content' related to the ongoing farmers' agitation.

 

Following the instructions, all these accounts were suspended with immediate effect. The directions to the IT ministry were given by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

 

The tweets were made using the #ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide hashtag. Since Saturday, this hashtag was trending on Twitter and many of the tweets/Twitter accounts were running from abroad. Several accounts that have been suspended are also related to the farmers union and farmer leaders. MeitY ordered the blocking of these Twitter accounts and tweets under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act.