instagram is blocked in Turkey amid a dispute over Hamas-related content on the platform. The app has been inaccessible in the country since Friday morning. Netblocks, an organization that tracks internet and social media outages, twitter.com/netblocks/status/1819255073748156490″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:confirmed;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”> that instagram had been restricted in the country.
Turkish regulators did not specify why the block was imposed, but, as Bloomberg instagram-claims-hamas-condolences-censored” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:reports;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>The crackdown on instagram appears to be linked to its handling of Hamas-related posts on the platform. On Friday, Turkey's communications chief Fahrettin Altun said in a statement x.com/fahrettinaltun/status/1818718030165426519″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:a post;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”> the x that instagram “is actively preventing people from posting condolence messages” for Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader who was killed earlier this week.
Meta has not commented publicly on the blockade.
This is not the first time Turkish authorities have blocked a major social media service. twitter was briefly blocked in the country following a devastating earthquake that killed thousands of people. YouTube and twitter were also blocked.
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