Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Instagram Is Blocked in China


In Hong Kong, Instagram has been blocked after many of images of pro-democracy protesters have been uploaded on this social media, according to Digital Marketing Agency reported.

In addition, Instagram is a non-Chinese social media app, but observers had long expected that the app’s days were numbered in China.

Mention that, there are many social media apps in China had been blocked such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Google.

Instagram representative did not respond for comment, but this app is block, according to data from monitoring services blockedinchina.net and GreatFire.org.

Even on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, a search for “Instagram” was not permitted.

“In accordance with relevant laws, regulations and policies, search results of ‘Instagram’ could not be displayed,” the service said.


Instagram Is Blocked in China

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