Instagram has been blocked in Türkiye. © DPA/ABACA
On Friday, August 2, many Instagram users residing in Turkey noticed that the social network was no longer working. They were unable to refresh their feed. Indeed, the Turkish Communications Authority announced that ” instagram.com was blocked by a decision dated August 2 “, without further justification, reports The Parisian.
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 ” in a clear and obvious manner » users who tried « to post messages of condolence ” for the ” martyrdom » Ismail Haniyeh. The Hamas leader had been killed in a strike in Tehran a few hours before these statements.
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This Friday, a communications official for the Turkish presidency indicated to a local media outlet that this blockage was ultimately linked to “ criminal content ” He notably cited ” a series of crimes “going” from games to drugs “to sexual violence” on children ” He called on the social network to “ withdraw within a certain time » the contents in question.
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« If the problem is not resolved, we have the right to block it automatically. ” he added. He assured that this has no connection with the death of the leader of the terrorist group. “ We did not block access for this reason, there is no such thing”he argued.
