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Turkey has blocked Instagram amid a dispute over Hamas-related content

engadget.com
submitted
a year ago
byjustadevtotechnology

Summary

Netblocks confirmed that Instagram had been restricted in the country. The crackdown appears to be related to its handling of Hamas-related posts. Instagram “is actively preventing people from posting messages of condolences” for Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader who was killed earlier this week.
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6 Comments

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coffeeislife
a year ago
While I can agree on being upset about the specific content, maybe we don't want to be allowing a government to control this much
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justadevOP
a year ago
We should never allow this. All it does is breed authoritarian control.
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coffeeislife
10 mos ago
Exactly right! I don't understand what is this obsession with controlling everything people do.
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joesch
a year ago
Turkey gonna Turkey
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alottafagina
a year ago
Have we blocked the Turkish government from the Internet yet?
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joesch
a year ago
Should be doable!