NEW DELHI: Instagram accounts of several prominent Pakistan cricket stars including Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Mohammad Rizwan have been blocked in India in the wake of the terrorist attack in Pahalgam. That ban also extends to the likes of Shoaib Akhtar, Basit Ali, and Shahid Afridi.
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However, the accounts of World Cup-winning captain Waqar Younis and former skipper Misbah-ul-Haq have not been affected yet.
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Earlier on Thursday, the Instagram account of Paris Olympics gold medalist javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem was also restricted in India.
Users attempting to visit his profile are shown a message stating: "Account not available in India. This is because we complied with a legal request to restrict this content."
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"We received a legal request to restrict this content. We reviewed it against our policies and conducted a legal and human rights assessment. After the review, we restricted access to the content in the location where it goes against local law,"a added the note from Instagram.
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