The Indian government on Thursday ordered the X social media platform to ban 2,355 accounts within the country, including at least two media accounts, X officials announced on Tuesday.

India's government last week directly ordered X to block more than 2,000 accounts, including two belonging to Reuters News, the social media platform said on Tuesday in a sharp public attack on "ongoing press censorship" in India.

X raised serious concerns about India’s media laws after the government ordered it to block thousands of accounts, including from international media like Reuters, according to a statement issued by their global governance team.