New Delhi: Users on social media, expressing horror over the organised slapping of a Muslim child by his classmates by his teacher in Uttar Pradesh, learnt that their tweets (posts on X) had been blocked by a government order.Many prominent users complained of their tweets being blocked.Can @TwitterIndia explain what’s wrong in this tweet that warrants blocking in India? Speaking about the trauma of a child is a crime? pic.twitter.com/Jin8hZyXB5— Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) August 26, 2023As the mother of a Muslim child I’m horrified by this. And so are his brothers. What are we teaching children #BlatantBigotry https://t.co/FkTDkzrleP— Gargi Rawat (@GargiRawat) August 25, 2023Hello @X @TwitterIndia May I kindly know why exactly my tweet has been upheld? Neither the language nor the thought behind it is derogatory towards anyone. I’m not spreading any fake news like most others. So is it plain pressure from the establishment? pic.twitter.com/f3Kv4hZhXp— Urmila Matondkar (@UrmilaMatondkar) August 26, 2023This tweet by @aqliyat has now been withheld in India in response to a legal demand. https://t.co/QIyoMAjw8i— Kaushik Raj (@kaushikrj6) August 26, 2023Bad deeds se darr nahi lagta hai sahab.Bad PR se lagta hai. pic.twitter.com/V6KRTcPSuP— Karthik 🇮🇳 (@beastoftraal) August 26, 2023Meanwhile, the teacher, Tripta Tyagi, seen in the viral video as organising the punishment, can be seen clearly all over X, saying that she got other students to slap the eight year old as she is handicapped, so could not get up to do so herself. “I made a mistake by getting the child beaten up by the students. I am handicapped and could not get up, so I asked the students to beat the child. The video has been tampered with,” she said.“I made a mistake by getting the child beaten up by the students. I am handicapped and could not get up, so I asked the students to beat the child. The video has been tampered with.” Tripta Tyagi.#ArrestTriptaTayagi pic.twitter.com/iJe1Gk5kGN— Meer Faisal (@meerfaisal01) August 26, 2023On the evening of August 25, Friday, Priyank Kanoongo, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights chairperson, had urged social media users to not share the video of the incident where a teacher is forcing classmates of an eight year old Muslim boy to slap him even as he is crying. NCPCR maintained that it was doing so as giving away the identity of the child was an offence.The teacher, Tyagi, was today (August 26, Saturday) booked on a complaint made finally by the child’s parents, a day after they had said they did not wish to pursue the matter. But the first information report (FIR) has been filed under minor sections (non-cognisable) Sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of the Indian Penal Code.Those who follow these matters said this seems to be the pattern, invoking emergency powers to block URLs, “but it is unclear at this stage whether it is MeitY or MIB that is issuing the orders (typically it is MeitY in such contracted timeframes).” Sources say, “Also worth noting is if this is happening across other platforms too. The focus tends to be on Twitter because of its more real-time nature, but we often find out later (through unattributed quotes) that orders have gone to other platforms who have also quietly complied.”