Turkey appears to have restored access to the Meta-owned Instagram app after blocking it on August 2.
The country's Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Abdulkadir Ularoglu, Posts It announced that the ban will be lifted at 9:30pm Turkish time today.
Cybersecurity Monitor NetBlocks say“Live metrics show that Instagram is gradually being restored on internet providers in #Turkey after authorities and Meta negotiated the removal of terrorist content and the reinstatement of unjustly closed accounts.”
The ban came after Turkish officials accused Instagram of censoring condolence posts related to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Uraloglu wrote today that the Turkish government blocked Instagram because the company “did not comply with our demands due to the policies it implemented within the scope of catalog crimes.” (Translated by Google) He added that after discussions with Instagram, “our demands, especially those related to catalog crimes, were met and the company promised to cooperate with the censorship imposed on its users.”
Vlaroglu's post did not clarify what crimes or content censorship was discussed, and Instagram did not immediately respond to TechCrunch's request for comment.