Turkey has restored access to instagram after the social media site agreed to comply with the country's demands around censorship and crime-related content. instagram-ban-on-pledge-to-work-jointly?sref=10lNAhZ9″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:Bloomberg;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”> Reports. Minister of Transport x.com/a_uraloglu/status/1822323240624140678″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:Abdulkadir Uraloglu;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”> announced the deal in a post on x. instagram was blocked for just over a week; users in the country, but no official explanation for the decision was provided at the time.
However, the blocking came after Turkey's communications chief, x.com/fahrettinaltun/status/1818718030165426519″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:Fahrettin Altun;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>accused the platform of censoring posts that expressed condolences for Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader who was recently assassinated. In Saturday's post, Uraloglu raised concerns about content related to listed crimes, including murder, sexual assault, drug trafficking and torture, according to technology/turkey-restore-access-instagram-minister-says-2024-08-10/” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:Reuters;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”> — and the censorship imposed on instagram users. x.com/netblocks/status/1822356234747400353″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:NetBlocks;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>The company that first reported that instagram had been blocked in Turkey earlier this month confirmed on Saturday that access had begun to return.
