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Turkey’s Instagram Ban Lifted: What Really Went Down with Meta?

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Turkey reportedly restored Instagram access after blocking the platform on August 2nd.

Abdulkadir Uraloglu, Turkey’s transportation and infrastructure minister, announced on Saturday that the ban would be lifted at 9:30 PM Turkish time.

Cybersecurity monitor NetBlocks says, “Live metrics show that Instagram is being gradually restored on internet providers in #Turkey after authorities and Meta negotiate the removal of terrorist content and the reinstatement of unfairly closed accounts.”

The ban was initially imposed after a Turkish official accused Instagram of censoring a post related to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

Uraloglu stated that the Turkish government blocked Instagram because the platform did not meet the government’s demands concerning policies associated with “catalog crimes.”

He added that following discussions with Instagram, the platform has agreed to comply with their demands, specifically those related to catalog crimes, and to cooperate with the government on the censorship imposed on users.

However, Uraloglu’s post did not specify which crimes or content censorship were discussed.

Daniel Kim
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