Instagram access has been restored in Turkey now that the social media site has agreed to meet the country’s demands regarding censorship and crime-related content.Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu announced the decision on X.
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Instagram users in Turkey abruptly lost access to the site on August 2. While Turkey didn’t provide a specific reason why the site was blocked, the block came after the country’s head of communications, Fahrettin Altun, accused the platform of censoring posts that expressed condolences for Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader who was recently killed.The block in Turkey comes at a time when several social media sites have been removed in different countries over political concerns.Earlier this week, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro decided to block X in the country for ten days over concerns that Elon Musk is inciting hatred on the platform, violating its own rules.
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Last week, Russia also blocked access to Signal in the country.
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