MUMBAI: Social media users screamed ‘censorship‘ as the Indian government blocked 14 Twitter accounts including that of two journalists apart from blocking 310 web pages that it considered inflammatory.

The government action comes in the wake of violence in Assam and exodus of people hailing from north eastern states from Bangalore, Delhi and Pune, following rumours that the community would be attacked in retaliation to Assam violence.

Among those in the government‘s line of fire included former Pioneer journalist Kanchan Gupta and Headlines Today deputy editor Shiv Aroor.

Meanwhile, Twitter has told the government that it was facing technical difficulties in blocking certain web pages. However, the government has hardened its stance by threatening punitive action against the micro blogging site for failing to do so.