Instagram is blocking accounts of Charlie Hebdo employees

Two employees of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo report that their accounts are on Instagram blocked. This happened after they shared the front page of the latest issue with Mohammed cartoons through the photo service.

Editor Laure Daussy and cartoonist Coco share screenshots of their deactivated accounts on Twitter. Daussy suspects that her account has been blocked due to complaints from other Instagram users, “a new form of censorship”. Coco calls the censorship “just outrageous”.

My account #instagram has been “disabled”. The last photo I posted was the #A of @Charlie_Hebdo_ So it’s probably hacking or mass reporting, a new form of #censure. Mind-blowing. pic.twitter.com/URhKpeFxjm

– Laure Daussy (@LaureDaussy) September 5, 2020

Charlie Hebdo again this week posted the Mohammed cartoons that led Islamist-inspired terrorists to carry out an attack on the magazine in 2015. Brothers Saïd and Chérif Kouachi murdered twelve employees. This week, the trial started against 14 people suspected of helping the two brothers.

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In Pakistan, thousands of people took to the streets as usual protest against the new publication of the Mohammed cartoons. The protests included calls for the boycott of French products.

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????????????????This photo is a special postcard for all those who have reported the front page of #CharlieHebdo on the Instagram accounts of @cocoboer (the new account ☞︎ @cocodessinatrice) and @ laure.daussy! Their accounts have been suspended. I also greet these “nice boys” who keep sending me “Allahu Akbar” messages with their “best” wishes … Charlie Hebdo has reissued The Mohammed cartoons, to mark the start of the trial of the 2015 terrorist attacks. cartoons recall the reasons for the massacre. They remind us and alarm us that people are being murdered for their opinions, their cartoons, their jokes, their books… These cartoons remind us that no idea, ideology or belief is safe from criticism or mockery in a free society. If you want to move your ideas forward, if you want to express them freely, be prepared for others to do the same. The right “not to be offended” does not exist. That’s all ! It’s that simple! Reposting these cartoons was a good choice! A necessity. Back in the days when everyone literally wears masks, Charlie’s front pages have knocked off the masks of many free speech opponents, and those who “understand” why someone would decide to kill people who ” provoke “or” offend “… As long as so many people approve of censorship, we should all share the Charlie Hebdo cartoons. Let’s do it now! . . ???????? This photo is for all those who tried hard & managed to suspend the Instagram accounts of Charlie Hebdo journalists, who published the cover with the Mohammed cartoons. I also send greetings to these “nice guys” who keep sending me “Allahu Akbar” messages with “best” wishes… Charlie Hebdo republished The Mohammad cartoons, to mark the beginning of the trial of the terrorist attacks of 2015. These cartoons remind why the massacre took place. It reminds us that people are murdered for opinions, cartoons, books or even social media posts..They remind us that the right “not to be offended does not exist”

A message shared by INNA Shevchenko Femen (@innafemen) 6 Sep 2020 at 3:50 (PDT)

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cc-photo: Claude TRUONG-NGOC / Wikimedia Commons

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