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Pakistan Government's Twitter Account Withheld in India

CIO Insider Team | Thursday, 30 March, 2023
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In India, the official Twitter account of the Pakistani government has been blocked in compliance with a court order.

A message reading Account Withheld @GovtofPakistan's account has been withheld in India in response to a court demand" when attempting to access the account.

The account has now been limited in India three times; the first two incidences were in July and October of 2022.

When Twitter receives a legitimate legal demand, usually in the form of a court order, it responds in accordance with its policies. As a result, Indian users are not currently able to access the Pakistani government's @GovtofPakistan Twitter account.

The official Twitter accounts of Pakistan's embassies in the United Nations, Turkey, Iran, and Egypt were shut down last year.

According to the Pakistani Ministry of Commerce, Pakistani businesses doing business with the EU faced increased regulatory hurdles as a result of Pakistan's entry on the list in 2018. So, it is anticipated that Pakistan's removal from this list will lessen the regulatory burden on Pakistani businesses and ease trade with the 27-member bloc.

In August, India also blocked a Facebook account that was propagating fake, anti-India propaganda online, along with eight YouTube news stations, one of which was based in Pakistan.

The Information Technology Regulations, 2021's emergency powers, according to a statement from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, were employed to carry out this move.

It was discovered that the prohibited Indian YouTube channels used fake and sensational thumbnails, pictures of news anchors, and the logos of certain TV news programs to trick viewers into thinking the news was real.

In the meantime, Pakistan's inclusion on the EU's list of High-Risk Third Countries has been revoked because of its insufficient counterterrorism finance and anti-money laundering policies. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has applauded this decision and sees it as a good step forward for the nation's industries, which are currently having financial issues. This action has also been praised as a significant step forward for Pakistan by the EU delegation in Pakistan.

In keeping with the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) decision to remove Pakistan from its list of nations subject to enhanced surveillance, the EU decided to remove Pakistan from the list, according to a tweet from the EU. The FATF is a multinational agency that keeps an eye on the financing of terrorism and money laundering.

According to the Pakistani Ministry of Commerce, Pakistani businesses doing business with the EU faced increased regulatory hurdles as a result of Pakistan's entry on the list in 2018. So, it is anticipated that Pakistan's removal from this list will lessen the regulatory burden on Pakistani businesses and ease trade with the 27-member bloc.

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