How is a Twitter account blocked on government orders? What is the process to restore it? https://scroll.in/article/1048073/the-near-impossible-task-of-restoring-a-blocked-twitter-handle-in-india
Scroll spoke to users whose accounts or tweets have been withheld in the last two years on the basis of a legal demand from the government and who have tried to challenge the blocking orders. This is how they hit a wall.
A few users tried to revive accounts withheld on a legal demand from the government. They hit a wall.
If your Twitter account is withheld, you can approach the ministry with your grievances but not as a matter of right. “It is discretionary for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to reject or respond,” said Mishi Choudhary.
by Zafar Aafaq
01/05/2023