New Delhi/Kashmir, Aug. 8 -- Instagram (Meta) has blocked The Hindu and Scroll.in news articles covering the Kashmir pellet victim Insha Mushtaq's story.

The reason: "legal requirements under the Union government's Information Technology Rules."

According to Scroll.in, since June, Meta has blocked four of its posts for the above reasons.

The platform informed Scroll through a message on its dashboard that access to the content had been restricted in India "through an automated system implemented pursuant to legal requirements" under the rules.

The Hindu was told, "We restricted access to this content pursuant to legal requirements under India's Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules."

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