Twitter reportedly blocked Pakistan’s official Twitter account in Gilgit-Baltistan and is showing the region’s location in Jammu Kashmir, Dawn reported.
As per the newspaper, despite users turning on the location feature on the app, tweets sent from the region are marked as originating from J-K. The locals explicitly showed changes in Twitter location and blocked access to Pakistan Government’s official account.
The issue came to light when several Twitter users in Gilgit-Baltistan complained that they were unable to access the government’s official account from the region.
When users tried to access the account, a message was displayed stating the “account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand”.
Pakistani officials denied any such changes and termed the claim ‘baseless’ despite dozens of reports to the contrary. “There are no restrictions on the freedom of the internet, media, and expression in the entire Gilgit Baltistan,” officials said.