Turkey’s communications authority has blocked access to the social media platform Instagram. The Information and Communication Technologies Authority, which regulates the internet, did not provide a reason for the move on Friday.

Turkey’s communications authority blocked access to the social media platform Instagram on Friday, the latest instance of a clampdown on websites in the country.

The Information and Communication Technologies Authority, which regulates the internet, announced the decision early Friday but did not provide a reason.

Yeni Safak newspaper, which is close to the government, and other media said access was blocked in response to Instagram removing posts by Turkish users that expressed condolences over the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh.

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Unlike its Western allies, Turkey does not consider Hamas to be a terror organization. A strong critic of Israel’s military actions in Gaza, Erdogan has described the group as “liberation fighters.”

  • Not_mikey@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    4 months ago

    There are also u.s. citizens being bombed in Gaza, is the person dropping the bomb or anyone on the chain of command up to Bibi being designated a terrorist?

    • steventhedev@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Searching news archives doesn’t pull up any results for Palestinian American citizens killed in Gaza. I probably missed something if you’re so confident, so please send some sources if you have them on hand.

      Designations of terrorism were more or less invented to deal with non-state actors. Which is why the definitions largely overlap with war crimes. If you’ll recall, the ICC are discussing whether or not to issue warrants for the arrest of Netanyahu, Gallant, Sinwar, Deif, and Haniyeh.

      • Not_mikey@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        3 months ago

        You don’t remember the incident where Israel double tapped an aid convoy with American citizens inside. Even Biden heard about it and thought it was fucked up.

        It’s true Palestinian Americans will rarely get reported on due to media bias, but they’ll still report on incidence like these effecting international aid workers and journalists as they sympathize with them more, even the above article mentions 196 have been killed and that’s from months ago.

        As for the state non-state definition the u.s. has gotten around that with calling them “state sponsors of terrorism” putting them on a list and imposing sanctions. The fact Cuba is on that list and Israel isn’t really shows the legitimacy of it.