Türkiye blocked Instagram

OONI data shows that access to Instagram (www.instagram.com) was blocked in Türkiye on at least six networks between 2nd August 2024 to 10th August 2024. Instagram's main domain was also added to the BTK (Bilgi Teknolojileri ve İletişim Kurumu) public registry on 2nd August 2024 based on decision 490.05.01.2024-608903 of the Information and Communication Technology Authority.

The following chart aggregates OONI measurement coverage from the testing of www.instagram.com in Türkiye between 2nd July 2024 to 11th August 2024.

As can be seen through the chart, most measurements for www.instagram.com result in anomalies or confirmed blocked on 2nd August 2024. Based on OONI’s methodology, we are able to automatically confirm the blocking of websites based on fingerprints when a block page is served, or when DNS resolution returns an IP address associated with censorship.

While Instagram was previously accessible on all tested networks in Türkiye, the IP address (195.175.254.2) returned as part of DNS resolution on AS20978 (TT Mobil), AS12735 (TurkNet), AS201411 (GOKNET), AS47524 (Turksat Uydu Haberlesme ve Kablo TV), AS47331 (TTNet), and AS9121 (Turk Telekomunikasyon) between 2nd August 2024 to 10th August 2024 is known to be associated with censorship. This indicates that Instagram was intentionally blocked on (at least) these six networks in Türkiye.

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