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Turkish government blocks Instagram after platform censors Hamas leader commemoration posts

The Turkish government has blocked access to Instagram, preventing the country’s nearly 60 million users from seeing or posting on the popular social media platform. The decision was announced by the country’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority (Bilgi Teknolojileri ve İletişim Kurumu) on its website on Friday morning, 2 August. Although no official reason has […]

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Germany reinforces EU ban on flags of terror groups PKK and Hamas

Legislation passed in the lower chamber of the German Parliament has outlawed the symbols of groups designated as ‘terrorist organisations’ by the European Union. The ban applies to groups such as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and militant Palestinian movement Hamas. The new law, approved in the Bundestag on Friday, 25 June, now heads to […]