Swara Bhasker Questions “Permanent Suspension” Of Her X Account

Bollywood actress Swara Bhasker has taken to Instagram to express her frustration with micro-blogging website X (formerly Twitter) after her account was permanently suspended.

Nitika Sharma
Written By: Nitika Sharma
Updated: January 31, 2025 | 10:45 IST
Swara Bhasker
Swara Bhasker's X account has been suspended permanently.

Bollywood actress Swara Bhasker, who never shies away from speaking her mind, has taken to Instagram to express her frustration with micro-blogging website X (formerly Twitter) after her account was permanently suspended. The ‘Veere Di Wedding’ actress revealed how two of her tweets, including a Republic Day wish, were marked for copyright infringement. She also attached screenshots of the notices she received from X. The Bollywood actress further shared the posts that were marked for copyright violations.

“(You can’t make this stuff up!!!!) Dear X, Two images from two tweets have been marked as ‘copyright infringements’. Basis which my X account is locked / disabled, I can’t access it and permanent suspension has been approved by your teams,” she wrote.

Swara Bhasker then detailed which of her posts were marked for violation. 

“One with an orange background and text in Hindi Devnaagri script reading “Gandhi Hum Sharmindaa hain, Tere qaatil zindagi hain” is a popular slogan of the progressive movement in India. There is no copyright violation. It is akin to urban modern folk idiom,” she wrote.

The Bollywood actress then questioned how a picture of her daughter can be marked for copyright infringement.

“The second image marked as a violation is an image of MY OWN child with her face concealed waving an Indian flag and with writing ‘HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY India’,” she added.

Check out Swara Bhasker’s Instagram post below:

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A post shared by Swara Bhasker (@reallyswara)

She said, “How can this possibly be a copyright infringement ???? Who has a copyright on my child’s likeness??? Both of these complaints are ridiculous and untenable by any rational, logical and objective understanding of any legal definition of copyright.”

The Bollywood actress then claimed that if the tweets were reported, it is because an attempt is being made to suppress her freedom of expression and speech.

“If these tweets have been mass reported they are aimed to harass the user I.e. myself and are aimed at suppressing my freedom of speech and expression. Kindly review and reverse your decision,” she added.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Swara Bhasker was last seen in the 2022 film ‘Mimamsa’. She will be next seen in ‘Mrs Falani’.

In 2023, Swara Bhasker married activist and politician Fahad Ahmad. In the same year, she gave birth to their daughter Raabiya.

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