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Cockroach Janta Party Instagram Account Restored After Two-Hour Block
The Cockroach Janta Party’s Instagram account was inaccessible in India for about two hours on Saturday before being restored, Hindustan Times reported. The account remained accessible outside India, the report said. Instagram…
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The Cockroach Janta Party’s Instagram account was inaccessible in India for about two hours on Saturday before being restored, Hindustan Times reported. The account remained accessible outside India, the report said. Instagram displayed a message citing a possible technical error. Meta did not respond to queries, and it was unclear whether the block resulted from community-guideline action or legal requirements.
The party alleged that opponents had tried to silence it on Independence Day. Founder Abhijeet Dipke called those responsible “bloody cowards”. This was the second reported block in India after a brief outage on July 22. The party’s X account was also withheld in India from May 21 to July 7 under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act.
The Indian Opinion
The party’s claim of political censorship is unproven, just as dismissing the incident as a routine glitch would be premature. The available evidence shows a two-hour India-only block, a technical-error message and no explanation from Meta. The July incident and the earlier X withholding deserve a clear record of notices and reasons. The useful test is simple: will Meta or a court publish the legal basis for this block?
Sources (2): news.abplive.com, hindustantimes.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
