Instagram restricts Khurpench account in India under IT Rules

Instagram restricted access to the anonymous Khurpench account, which has about 292,000 followers, in India on October 25, citing the IT Rules 2021. The account says videos were removed without notice, and the Internet Freedom Foundation called it an automated filter with zero transparency.

• Khurpench account with ~292,000 followers unavailable in India since October 25
• Instagram cited legal requirements under India's IT Rules 2021
• India issued ~195,000 takedown orders to platforms between March and July 2026
• Instagram received about 100,000 of those orders, more than Facebook and YouTube