Turkey has blocked access to social media site Instagram after accusing the social media service of censoring posts on the death of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, The Financial Times’ Adam Samson reports. Facebook was not subject to a block, according to the Information and Communication Technologies Authority’s website. Fahrettin Altun, Turkey’s head of communications and a top adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Wednesday claimed Instagram was “actively preventing people from posting messages of condolences for the passing of Hamas leader Haniyeh” following his death this week.
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