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India Banning 8,000 Social Media Accounts Only Second Worst Thing They Did Last Week
Haye Rabba!!

India Banning 8,000 Social Media Accounts Only Second Worst Thing They Did Last Week

2 min read Ministry of Peace

As tensions flared between India and Pakistan, India took the fight to cyberspace as well, removing thousands of social media accounts, including the @Muslim Instagram page. In an effort to understand their motivation, here are the top ten justifications for India’s social media purge:

  1. Controlling internet traffic is easier than controlling actual traffic.
  2. The Guinness World Record for “Most Accounts Blocked in One Day” is within reach!
  3. Everyone was getting sick of those viral border dance-offs anyway.
  4. Atmanirbhar Social Media – Who needs international followers when India alone has 1.4 billion potential likes?
  5. India’s preferred Swadeshi emoticons representing authentic reactions like 'Acha', 'Oye Hoye', and 'Haye Rabba' can’t be risked to foreign copyright.
  6. Urdu and Hindi were becoming way too similar. Someone had to draw a line.
  7. Anything that takes focus from Virat Kohli’s retirement must be blocked.
  8. Knowing @Muslim, they’ll be chill about this. 
  9. Don’t worry, OnlyFans is still fully functional, for some reason. 
  10. Meh. It’s not the worst thing they did last week.

This is a work of satire. Characters and situations may be created for comic effect. AI-generated image by ChatGPT.

JUST THE FACTS


  • Meta blocked the @Muslim Instagram account, a major Muslim news page with 6.7M followers, in India following a legal request from the Indian government, a move its founder condemned as an act of censorship during regional unrest.

  • India has ordered the removal or restriction of over 8,000 accounts on X (formerly Twitter), affecting Pakistani officials, news outlets, and local journalists, often without providing evidence or legal justification for the blocks.

  • The Indian government expanded its digital clampdown to include bans on Pakistani YouTube channels and the Instagram accounts of Pakistani public figures, citing “provocative” content amid escalating conflict with Pakistan.

  • X's Global Government Affairs team said it disagreed with India's censorship orders, calling the blanket account bans excessive and contrary to free speech, but later complied to maintain platform access in the country. After acquiescing to India's demand, the Global Government Affairs account itself was "withheld" by the government.

  • The crackdown also targeted Indian journalists and outlets like The Wire and Maktoob News, amid government efforts to control online narratives surrounding Operation Sindoor — India’s recent military action against Pakistan.


Sources: The Guardian, Hindustan Times, Barron's, France 24, and The Hindu.

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