Turkey’s Instagram spat shows the limits of global content governance

There are growing divisions over how to treat groups such as Hamas online.

On August 2, a few days after unveiling an ambitious incentive programme to boost the country’s digital transformation, the Turkish government suspended access to Instagram. The platform, which is used by many SMEs as their main digital sales channel, remained inaccessible until last Saturday when, after negotiations with the Meta leadership, access was re-established.