Turkish IT and communication authority announces banning of Instagram without giving duration or official reason
, the infotech regulator said on Friday, without stating a reason or duration for the ban, which also left the platform’s mobile app inaccessible.
The move follows comments on Wednesday by Turkish communications official Fahrettin Altun criticising the platform for what he called its decision to block condolence posts on"This is censorship, pure and simple," Altun, the communications director of the Turkish presidency, said on X, adding that Instagram had not cited any policy violations for its action.Turkey’s Information Technologies and Communication Authority published the decision on its website. Instagram.
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