Twitter ‘relocates’ users of Pakistani region to India, netizens say ‘tweets originating as…’

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Twitter reportedly have blocked access to the government of Pakistans official account in Gilgit-Baltistan and changed the regions location to parts of India, Dawn reported...

As per the Pakistani daily, when users turn on the location feature on the app, tweets sent from the region are marked as originating from Kashmir in India..

Users in Gilgit-Baltistan reported that they are unable to access the government's official Twitter account..

I am in #GilgitBaltistan & @Twitter cant show tweets from @GovtofPakistan, saying that account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand!.

Hello @TwitterSupport, Im in Pakistan why cant I see tweets from various accounts I follow including the one mentioned?," tweeted Yasir Hussain, a resident of Rahimabad area of Gilgit..

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