Turkey blocks Instagram throughout country amid complaints of censorship of Hamas-related posts

Turkey blocked access to Instagram for its 85 million people, the country’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority announced Friday morning.

“Instagram.com has been blocked by a decision on the date of 02/08/2024,” local media cited a post on the authority’s website as saying. According to Turkish media, there are more than 50 million users of the photo-sharing app in the country.

The Turkish…