Meta has stopped entry into India's popular Instagram in India. Bharti users are no longer able to enter the popular Muslim page '@Muslim' on Instagram in the wake of tensions between India and Pakistan.
Qatar-based news media reported al-Jazeera, the main organization of Instagram, Meta, said they had taken this step at the request of the Government of India to limit the content under the law. When you enter this page of 1 million followers, Indian users are now showing a message. It says, 'This account does not appear in India. Because, we have limited the content in compliance with a legal request. '
Founder and editor of the page, Amir al-Khathatabhee, said he received hundreds of messages and emails from the followers of India. None of them can see the page. “Meta blocked our account at the request of the Government of India,” he said. It's mere sensorship. '
When the AFP contacted the matter, Meta did not comment. However, a spokesman for the company mentioned the content control policy, saying that they follow the rules of removing or limiting it if there is anything that violates the local law.
Meanwhile, India has imposed similar limitations on some social media accounts of Pakistani actors and cricketers in recent times.
Meanwhile, India has blocked the X account of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and former minister Bilawal Bhutto. Earlier, in response to the terrorist attacks earlier last week, the Indian government blocked the Instagram account of several Pakistani actors and actresses like Hania Amir, Mahira Khan and Ali Jafar. Automatic messages are displayed on their accounts, where it is written, 'According to the legal request, the content has been imposed in India.'
