Thursday, June 2, 2016

Instagram Briefly Blocks Iranian General Qaseem Soleimani's Account


Haaretz: No Selfies for Soleimani: Instagram Briefly Blocks Iranian General's Account

Qasem Soleimani's account was back online after just a day, but experts say the temporary removal was purposeful and only the latest chapter in Iran's quasi war on social media.

Social media platform Instagram temporarily removed on Wednesday the account of Iran's General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force, in what appeared to be another chapter in the complicated relations between the Iranian regime and social media.

According to Iran's Fars News Agency, Instagram, a platform owned by Facebook, didn't offer any details on the shutdown of Soleimani's account which had 320,000 followers. Whatever the reason, the account was back online on Thursday.

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WNU Editor: Qasem Soleimani's Instagram account is here. No explanation on why it was banned .... nor who complained to have it brought back online.

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