Twitter on Saturday blocked news wire agency Asian News International (ANI)’s account for being "under 13 years of age".
ANI's editor Smita Prakash announced this in a tweet from her personal handle.
"So those who follow @ANI bad news, @Twitter has locked out India’s largest news agency which has 7.6 million followers and sent this mail - under 13 years of age!," Smita Prakash tweeted.
ANI's other handles are functional
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The news agency has 7.6 million followers on Twitter. Its other Twitter handles like ANI Digital, ANI UP/Uttarakhand, ANI MP/CG?Rajasthan are functional.
Netizens reacts:
Taking it to Twitter, many users have reacted, with some calling the news wire agency as a "propaganda machine."
