Why did Türkiye block access to Instagram? This is what we know

by times news cr

2024-08-03 05:50:59

The government of Türkiye He decided block los accesses a la red social Instagramapparently for no reason.

But the communications director of the Turkish presidency, Fahrettin Altun accused a Instagram of censorshipaccording to the telecommunications authority (BTK).

The authority Turkish made this announcement through its official page with “Instagram was blocked by a decision dated 02/08/24” without giving further details about it, but the speculations continue.

Türkiye is said to have blocked access to Instagram following the death of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya

Just last Wednesday Fahrettin Altun He assured that the platform prevented to the Users post messages of condolence by Death of Ismail Haniyapolitical leader of Hamas.

Ismail HaniyaHamas political leader was murdered On the night of July 30th, his residence in the city of Tehransays a statement.

Hamas leader Haniya was on an official visit to Iran for the inauguration of President Masud Pezeshkian, after the event, he was intercepted by an armed group that was waiting to kill him.

Although Hamas blamed the attack on Zionist groups, Iran threatened Israel with harsh consequences for the death of the political leader.

This is because Iran assured that it would defend its territorial integrity, as well as its “honour and honour”, and accused the attackers of being “invading terrorists”.

However, Israel denied having participated in this attack that left Ismail HaniyaHamas leader killed.

Catalogue crimes are the possible reason why Türkiye blocked access to Instagram

Meanwhile, the Turkish network NTV points out that there is a possible reason why Türkiye blocked access to Instagram It is because the social network would have incurred in “catalogue crimes”.

These crimes include for example:

  • Disseminating child sexual abuse content
  • Incitement to suicide
  • Insults to the founder of Türkiye, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

It is Turkish government measure it affects a More than 50 million Instagram users in the country with 85 million inhabitants.

It should be noted that the Turkish authorities have already resorted to temporarily blocking some social networks such as Facebook or X, after suffering attacks.

2024-08-03 05:50:59

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