Türkiye: Restore Access to Instagram

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image © 2023 Human Rights Watch (London, August 9, 2024) – The Turkish authorities’ arbitrary decision on August 2, 2024, to impose a blanket block on access to Instagram violates the rights to freedom of expression and of access to information for millions of users, Human Rights Watch and the Freedom of Expression Association (İfade Özgürlüğü Derneği, İFÖD) said today. The block also interferes with small business owners in Türkiye who depend on the platform for their work. Türkiye’s government-controlled internet regulator, the Information and Communication…

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