Reuters X account blocked in India due to legal demand? Govt calls it 'mistake'

New Delhi: The Indian government on Sunday stated it has not sought blocking of news agency Reuters' X account and said the withholding of the account was a "mistake" on the part of the micro-blogging site.

The Indian government's comments came in response to a notice shown on the Reuters' X account in India that it had been withheld in response to a legal demand.

Denying they have made any such demand lately, a government official said a detailed explanation has been sough from X.

"An order had been issued by us during Operation Sindoor. But X has implemented it now, which is a mistake from their side," said the official.

The global news agency, however, has not commented on the matter till now.

According to reports, only official accounts of Reuters News Agency and Reuters World are inaccessible in India on X. But its other affiliated handles on X, including Reuters Tech News, Reuters Fact Check, Reuters Asia and Reuters China, are accessible.

Reuters, the news agency division of Thomson Reuters, has on its rolls around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists.