Turkey on Friday blocked entry to the Instagram social media community, nationwide communications authority mentioned with out clarification.
This motion adopted censorship accusations in opposition to the US firm by a high-ranking Turkish official.
The BTK communications authority mentioned in a put up on its web site that “instagram.com has been blocked by a call on the date of 02/08/2024”, with out including additional particulars.
Many customers dwelling in Turkey complained on the X platform that they may not refresh their Instagram feed, a difficulty verified by AFP journalists.
Turkish presidency’s communications director, Fahrettin Altun on Wednesday hit out at Instagram, accusing the platform of “impeding folks from publishing messages of condolence for the martyr Haniyeh”.
Ismail Haniyeh, the political chief of the armed Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and a detailed ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was killed in Tehran on Wednesday in an assault blamed on Israel.
“This can be a very clear and apparent try at censure,” Altun mentioned on X.
