{"id":250769,"date":"2024-08-03T01:46:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T01:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/03\/turkey-has-blocked-instagram-amid-a-dispute-over-hamas-related-content\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:13:15","slug":"turkey-has-blocked-instagram-amid-a-dispute-over-hamas-related-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/03\/turkey-has-blocked-instagram-amid-a-dispute-over-hamas-related-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey has blocked Instagram amid a dispute over Hamas-related content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Instagram is blocked in Turkey amid a dispute over Hamas-related content on the platform. The app has been inaccessible in the country since Friday morning. Netblocks, an organization that tracks internet and social media outages, <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netblocks\/status\/1819255073748156490\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:confirmed;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a> that Instagram had been restricted in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish regulators didn\u2019t specify why the block was in place but, as <em>Bloomberg <\/em><a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-08-02\/turkey-blocks-instagram-claims-hamas-condolences-censored\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:reports;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a>, the crackdown on Instagram appears to be related to its handling of Hamas-related posts on the platform. On Friday, Turkey\u2019s head of communications Fahrettin Altun, said in <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fahrettinaltun\/status\/1818718030165426519\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a post;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a> on X that Instagram \u201cis actively preventing people from posting messages of condolences\u201d for Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader who was killed earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Meta hasn\u2019t publicly commented on the block.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time Turkish authorities have blocked a major social media service. Twitter was briefly blocked in the country <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/turkey-twitter-earthquake-disaster-syria-181806961.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:last year;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a> following a devastating earthquake that killed thousands of people. YouTube and Twitter were also blocked <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/mar\/27\/google-youtube-ban-turkey-erdogan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:in 2014.;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/turkey-has-blocked-instagram-amid-a-dispute-over-hamas-related-content-175934777.html?src=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Instagram is blocked in Turkey amid a dispute over Hamas-related content on the platform. 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