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Turkey restricts Instagram; website of country’s top court inaccessible
The move against Instagram follows a Turkish government official's criticism of the platform for not allowing condolence messages for slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
ANKARA — Turkish authorities on Friday restricted access to Instagram, prompting widespread public outcry in the country, with many users speculating that the move was in retaliation for the social media platform prohibitingcondolence messages for slain Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh. Fahrettin Altun, head of the Turkish Presidency’s Communications Directorate, earlier this week slammed the decision by Instagram, which has more than 50 million users in Turkey, to restrict posts about Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran early Wednesday. Users who had difficulty reaching the site claimed that access to the website might have been blocked after the country’s top court earlier this week struck down a law that authorizes the communications directorate “to take action against all forms of manipulation and disinformation” on the grounds that it would hamper the constitutional right of freedom of speech.
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