Turkey’s national communications authority claims to have blocked access to the social media platform Instagram.
A senior government official accused Instagram of “censoring” information associated with Hamas. Reportedly, this led to the decision.
The Communications Authority stated, without providing a reason, that “instagram.com has been blocked by a decision on the date of 02/08/2024” in a post on its website.
Fahrettin Altun, the country’s Director of Communications, said on Wednesday that the social networking site had blocked posts expressing condolences on the demise of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Hamas political bureau.
Altun charged that Israel was attempting to utilise covert operations and killings to incite more unrest in the region.
In a post on X (formally Twitter), Altun stated, “I also strongly condemn the social media platform Instagram, which prevents people from posting condolences on Haniye’s martyrdom without giving any reason. This is a very clear and obvious attempt at censorship.”
“We will continue to defend freedom of expression against these platforms, which have repeatedly shown that they serve the global system of exploitation and injustice. We will stand by our Palestinian brothers at every opportunity and on every platform. Palestine will be free sooner or later. Israel and its supporters will not be able to prevent this,” he further added.
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