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

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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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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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We should never allow this. All it does is breed authoritarian control.

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Exactly right! I don't understand what is this obsession with controlling everything people do.

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Turkey gonna Turkey

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Have we blocked the Turkish government from the Internet yet?

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Should be doable!