Access to several major social media and messaging platforms has been restricted in Turkey following calls for rallies by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), according to a global internet monitoring group.
In a Sept. 7 post on social media platform Mastodon, NetBlocks, a global internet observatory, said that users across Turkey experienced disruptions on X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and WhatsApp, beginning late on Sept. 7.
The group said the restrictions appeared to coincide with the CHP’s calls for public gatherings after police erected barricades around the CHP’s provincial headquarters in Istanbul.
Data from Turkey’s Freedom of Expression Association, which monitors digital censorship, said that bandwidth throttling of platforms began at 8:45 p.m. local time on Sept. 7 and has persisted into Sept. 8….
Access to Major Social Media Platforms Restricted in Turkey, Internet Watchdog Says
