Turkey accuses Instagram of blocking condolence messages for Ismail Haniyeh

international/chef-du-hamas-tue-la-turquie-bloque-lacces-a-instagram-accuse-dempecher-les-messages-de-condoleances-02-08-2024-F5IOPSM7WFA2NN6VUMWZFQ3SFQ.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Parisian.</a></p>\r\n<p>The blockage comes two days after the Turkish presidency's communications director, Fahrettin Altun, accused the social network. On Wednesday, he claimed that the American platform was censoring " <em>in a clear and obvious manner</em> » users who tried «<em> to post messages of condolence</em> " for the " <em>martyrdom</em> » Ismail Haniyeh. The Hamas leader had been killed in a strike in Tehran a few hours before these statements.</p>\r\n More after this ad\r\n \r\n<h2>No link to Ismail Haniyeh's death, official says</h2>\r\n<p>This Friday, a communications official for the Turkish presidency indicated to a local media outlet that this blockage was ultimately linked to "<em> criminal content</em> " He notably cited " <em>a series of crimes </em>"going"<em> from games to drugs </em>"to sexual violence"<em> on children</em> " He called on the social network to "<em> withdraw within a certain time </em>» the contents in question.</p>\r\n More after this ad\r\n \r\n<p>« <em>If the problem is not resolved, we have the right to block it automatically. </em>" he added. He assured that this has no connection with the death of the leader of the terrorist group. "<em> We did not block access for this reason, there is no such thing"</em>he argued.</p>\r\n \r\n <script async src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>\r\n ?"> Submit