Turkey Instagram Ban

A Turkish court on Monday ordered the arrest of a woman on charges of inciting hatred and insulting the president after she criticised a ban on social media platform Instagram, broadcaster Haberturk and other media said.

Turkey has restored access to Instagram after the company agreed to cooperate with authorities to address the government's concerns. Instagram was blocked in Turkey on August 2 for not complying with the country's laws, rules, and public sensitivities.

Turkey began unblocking Instagram Saturday evening after depriving access to millions of users for nine days.

Turkey's government on Monday called officials from Instagram to a meeting, four days after blocking the social media platform for unspecified reasons.

Turkey has slapped a fine of $1.2 million each on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Periscope, YouTube and TikTok for failing to open local offices as mandated by a controversial law that come into effect last month.

A Turkish court on Monday ordered the arrest of a woman on charges of inciting hatred and insulting the president after she criticised a ban on social media platform Instagram, broadcaster Haberturk and other media said.

Turkey has restored access to Instagram after the company agreed to cooperate with authorities to address the government's concerns. Instagram was blocked in Turkey on August 2 for not complying with the country's laws, rules, and public sensitivities.

Turkey began unblocking Instagram Saturday evening after depriving access to millions of users for nine days.

Turkey's government on Monday called officials from Instagram to a meeting, four days after blocking the social media platform for unspecified reasons.

Turkey has slapped a fine of $1.2 million each on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Periscope, YouTube and TikTok for failing to open local offices as mandated by a controversial law that come into effect last month.