The Centre has directed Twitter to block nearly 1,200 accounts with suspected links to Khalistan sympathisers or Pakistan, The Hindu reported on Monday. The government said these accounts were causing a threat to public order amid the farmers’ protest against agricultural laws.
An unidentified official told the newspaper that many of these accounts were automated bots which were being used to share and amplify misinformation about protests.
“The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has shared a list of 1,178 Twitter accounts that were flagged by security agencies as accounts of Khalistan sympathisers or backed by Pakistan and operating from foreign territories and causing threat to public order in view of the ongoing farmers’ protests in some parts of India,” the official said.
The official added that a list of these accounts was shared with Twitter on February 4, but the company has not taken action yet.
The government said that Twitter could…