*KARACHI: According to a tweet by a Joint Secretary of the Parliament ofIndia, Sandeep Mittal, the Indian Government has asked the authorities atthe helm of affairs of the social networking website to remove 8 twitteraccounts for pro-Kashmir tweets along with ARY’s senior anchor ArshadSharif.*
Sandeep Mittal’s tweet on the matter read: “Centre asks Twitter to block 8accounts for ‘spreading rumours’ on Kashmir. But still 3 accounts@kashmir787 linklink link,@mscully94 link Sharif of ARY News, MaryScully of Pakistan Today) are not blocked by Twitter. Has Twitter anyexplanation to offer?”
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Centre asks Twitter to block 8 accounts for ‘spreading rumours’ on Kashmir.But still 3 accounts @kashmir787 link @Red4Kashmir link , @arschedlink , @mscully94 link(Arshad Sharif of ARY News, Mary Scully of Pakistan Today) are not blockedby Twitter. Has Twitter any explanation to offer?454 link8:26 PM – Aug 12, 2019link · New Delhi,India linkTwitter Ads info and privacy link
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In a revelation by the Indian secretary, he unveiled that the IndianGovernment has officially asked the authorities managing the micro-bloggingwebsite to take down various twitter accounts for their Kashmir focusedtweets and activism.
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The Indian politician sought an explanation from twitter authorities overthe accounts activity and current status in an assertive manner claimingthat they must be removed after the Indian government’s intimation.
Reacting upon the development, senior anchorperson Arshad Sharif expressedhis pleasure at the development, saying that the tweet would “prove to beencouragement for reporting more facts about Kashmir and to exposeatrocities in Indian Occupied Kashmir.”
Sharif also said that the Indian government was certainly unnerved by ahandful of twitter accounts, he tweeted: “An #Indian official concedes how#Indian govt is unnerved by twitter accounts of #journalistslink from#Pakistan , including of yours humbly. Thank You @smittal_ips for yourencouragement to report more facts about #Kashmir & to expose youratrocities in #IOK.”
