{"id":16572,"date":"2014-05-23T10:41:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T09:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/society\/16572-iranian-regime-orders-blocking-of-instagram"},"modified":"2023-01-14T20:29:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T19:29:03","slug":"iranian-regime-orders-blocking-of-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iranian-regime-orders-blocking-of-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian regime orders blocking of Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"instagram\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-41797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/instagram.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: left;margin: 5px\" \/>NCRI &#8211; The Iranian regime has ordered the blocking of social networking sire Instagram after complaints from &#8216;private plaintiffs&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The state-run Mehr news agency, affiliated with the regime&#8217;s Ministry of Intelligence and Security, quoted an &#8216;informed official&#8217; as saying: &#8220;The judicial order for filtering the service has been sent to the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology for execution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Private plaintiffs have filed complaints because the network invaded their privacy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The filtering order for Instagram is not related to the decisions that are being made by the Committee for Determining Criminal Web Content, and this is a judicial order that has been directly sent from the prosecutor&#8217;s office to the ICT.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Millions of websites are blocked in Iran, including half of the world&#8217;s top 500 most visited sited including those related to health, science, sports, news, and even shopping. 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