Turkish authorities announced today that they have restored access to social media platform Instagram after the company agreed to cooperate with authorities to address the government’s concerns. On August 2, the Turkish government’s Directorate of Information Technologies suspended access to Instagram in Turkey on the grounds that the platform did not comply with the country’s “laws and rules” and public sensitivities. In a post days before the ruling, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman, Fahrettin Altun, blamed Instagram for removing posts expressing condolences for the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya. “I strongly condemn the social media platform Instagram, which actively prevents people from posting messages of condolence on the death of Hamas leader Haniya, without citing any violation of its policy. This is censorship, plain and simple. We will stand up for free speech against these platforms that have shown time and time again that they are mostly […]
Source: News Beast
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