Iran protests; Instagram limits "ManVuto" account for a few hours
Meta, the owner of social networks Facebook and Instagram, removed a large number of posts on Instagram by the "Man and You" television network that addressed the protests in Iran and prevented new posts and videos from being published on it.
Hours later, the "Man and You" television network announced that its Instagram account had returned to normal.
The "Man and You" television network's Instagram page, with about 10 million followers, has published numerous photos and videos from the ongoing protests over the death of Mahsa Amini in recent days, but Meta has restricted the network's Instagram account by deleting many of these videos.
Among the deleted posts is a video in which protesters chant "Death to the killing patrol car." Instagram announced that the video in question violated the social network's regulations.
Instagram has also removed Prince Reza Pahlavi's Tuesday video message to protesters from the "You and Me" page.
Currently, the social networks Telegram, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter are blocked in Iran, and only Instagram is available to the general public.
The current protests in Iran began following the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the Ershad police. The protesters, who want to remove the mandatory hijab from Iranian law and improve women's civil rights, have also targeted the entire Islamic Republic government in their slogans.
The management of "Man and You" told Radio Farda that the removal of the media outlet's Instagram posts was due to organized reports.
Meta has also removed many posts in the past dedicated to protests in Iran, especially slogans chanted against the leaders of the Islamic Republic, including the protest slogan "Death to Khamenei."
Following the removal of some posts and user accounts of opponents of the Islamic Republic on Instagram and the clarification of the role of a German company responsible for reviewing the content of this network, a former employee of the company said last June that he had been offered by the Iranian "security apparatus" to block some user accounts in exchange for money.
