Turkey has blocked access to Instagram following Erdogan administration complaints that the social media platform is actively preventing the posting of condolences on the Tehran assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas. ‘This is censorship, pure and simple,’ Fahrettin Altun, the communications director of the Turkish presidency, said on X on July 31. Instagram, he said, had not pointed to any policy violations that prompted its action added Altun. Instagram and Meta Platforms Inc were yet to respond to the ban and Altun’s comments. Turkey’s info…