Recently, the country criticized Instagram for the mass deletion of posts expressing condolences over the death of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya.
Turkey has blocked access to the social media platform Instagram, according to a statement from the local information regulator (via Reuters).
No reasons or potential duration of the blockage were mentioned in the statement; however, Turkish officials had been actively criticizing the platform as recently as Wednesday. Specifically, the head of communications for the Turkish president, Fahrettin Altun, referred to the "unjust" removal of posts that expressed condolences regarding the killing of Ismail Haniya, a Palestinian politician and one of the leaders of Hamas.
“This is pure censorship,” Altun wrote on X, adding that Instagram did not reference any policy violations in its actions.
Meta, which owns Instagram, has yet to comment on the blockage or Altun's statements. The decision to ban the social media platform was announced on August 2 on the website of Turkey's Information and Communication Technologies Authority.
Turkey criticizes Israel's war in Gaza and does not view Hamas as a terrorist organization. Previously, the local government restricted access to popular social media platforms during terrorist incidents and major natural disasters, primarily for security reasons.
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