Instagram blocked hashtag in memory of Iran plane crash victims
Source: BBC
Instagram blocked hashtag in memory of Iran plane crash victims
By Rana Rahimpour
BBC Persian
7 January 2022
Instagram blocked posts using a hashtag in memory of the victims of a Ukrainian airliner shot down by Iranian security forces two years ago.
Families of the 176 victims found posts with the hashtag #IWillLightACandletoo, as well as its Persian version, were not visible to users.
A cybersecurity expert said it appeared that Iran had orchestrated the block by reporting the posts.
The social media giant said the hashtag was "restricted by mistake".
Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was hit by two missiles after taking off from Tehran on 8 January 2020. Iran has blamed human error for the disaster, saying an air defence unit had mistaken the Boeing 737-800 for a US missile.
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