Instagram users in Turkey woke up Sunday to find the social media network blocked for the third consecutive day, following censorship accusations against the US company from a high-ranking Turkish official. The BTK communications authority announced on its website on Friday that the Meta-owned platform had been frozen, without giving any reason.

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Turkey blocks access to Instagram for failure to comply with laws

Turkey blocked access to social media platform Instagram on Friday for failing to comply with the country's "laws and rules", a government minister said.

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According to Turkish media, 50 million of the country’s 85 million people have an Instagram account. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Singapore Press Holdings

Singapore

Instagram blocked in Turkey for third day

Instagram access barrier: Is Turkey's social media policy deadlocked?

Instagram erişim engeli: Türkiye'nin sosyal medya politikası çıkmaza mı giriyor?

Turkey

ANKARA: Instagram users in Turkiye woke up Sunday to find the social media network blocked for the third consecutive day, following censorship accusations against the US company from a high-ranking Turkish official.
	The BTK communications authority announced on its website on Friday that the Meta-owned platform had been frozen, without giving any reason.
	An official then referred to a regulation that allows “criminal content” to be blocked.

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Riyadh

Riyadh Province

Saudi Arabia

Instagram blocked in Turkiye for third day

Instagram users in Turkey woke up Sunday to find the social media network blocked for the third consecutive day, following censorship accusations against the US company from a high-ranking Turkish official. The BTK communications authority announced on its website on Friday that the Meta-owned platform had been frozen, without giving any reason. An official then […] The post Instagram blocked in Turkey for third day appeared first on The Guardia…

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Nigeria

Turkey banned the famous application on Friday throughout the country, raising the question of a link between this type of blockade and the political issues it raises.

La Turquie a interdit la célèbre application vendredi dans tout le pays, posant la question d’un lien entre ce type de blocages et les enjeux politiques qu’il soulève.

Instagram bloqué en Turquie : comment les réseaux sociaux sont devenus une arme diplomatique

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Paris

Île-de-France

France

Instagram blocked in Turkey: how social networks became a diplomatic weapon

ANKARA, Aug 4 — Instagram users in Turkiye woke up today to find the social media network blocked for the third consecutive day, following censorship accusations against the US company from a high-ranking Turkish official. The BTK communications authority announced on its website on Friday that the Meta-owned platform had been frozen, without giving any reason. An official then referred to a regulation that allows “criminal content” to be blocke…

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Selangor

Malaysia

Top government official accused US-based company of blocking condolence posts on killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

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Qatar

Turkey blocks Instagram amid ‘censorship’ row

Social network Instagram is blocked in Turkey for the second day, after a censor accusation sent by a high Turkish official to the American platform, reports France Press.

Društvena mreža Instagram blokirana je u Turskoj drugi dan, posle optužbe o cenzuri koju je uputio visoki turski zvaničnik toj američkoj platformi, javlja Frans pres.

U Turskoj Instagram blokiran drugi dan zbog navodne cenzure

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Belgrade

City of Belgrade

Serbia

Instagram blocked for a second day in Turkey over alleged censorship

The decision to close access to Instagram was announced Friday morning on its site by the Turkish Information and Communications Technology Authority. Turkey is waking up this Sunday

La décision de fermer l’accès à Instagram avait été annoncée vendredi matin sur son site par l’Autorité turque des technologies de l’information et des communications La Turquie s’éveille ce dimanche

Instagram blocked in Turkey for third day

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