ISLAMABAD: Twitter in India has withheld the account of journalist Raja Furqan Ahmed.
Raja Furqan Ahmed, News Editor forThe Pakistan Daily, in a statement said, “I am not sure what really happened and why twitter withheld my account in India but I posted or covered several news stories related to Kashmir.”
Mr Ahmed termed it an attack on legitimate freedom of expression.
Meanwhile, the notice Twitter sent to Raja Furqan Ahmed stated: “Hello @furqanraja1122, in order to comply with Twitter’s obligations under India’s local laws, we have withheld the following account in India under the country’s Information Technology Act, 2000; the content remains available elsewhere.”
“As Twitter strongly believes in defending and respecting the voice of the people who use our service, it is our policy to notify account holders if we receive a legal request from an authorised entity (such law enforcement or government agency) to remove content from their account. We provide notice whether or not the user lives in the country where the request originated,” it read.
Earlier, Twitter blocked the flow of information to India on the request of the Indian Government by banning the accounts of several Pakistani Journalists residing in the UK, under India’s Information Technology Act, 2000.
Twitter handles of journalists, including The News and Geo News reporter in London, Murtaza Ali Shah, ARY News Correspondent Farid Qureshi and Republic TV Reporter Abdullah Cheema are withheld by the company.
