Affiliated media: Instagram page Complaints of Ekibastuz, Instagram page

Incident date: January 24, 2023

Attack type:

• Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Pavlodar Province, Ekibastuz

Additional information:

On January 24, the popular Instagram page Complaints of Ekibastuz was blocked by the administrators of the social network. The reason was the publication containing a screenshot from the public procurement website about the tender for the purchase of two cars for KZT 16 million by the Akimat of Ekibastuz. The author of the complaint about copyright infringement is unknown. At the time of blocking, the page had 4,600 subscribers.