I see a lot of discourse but without much context. With HN, I'd expect people to have more context than bashing what feels more politics than reviewing a banned or censored (still need more context).

All I can find which isn't enough (at least for me), to have an educated conclusion is the following:

Tweet re-tweeting Ahmed Shihab-Eldin:

"After weeks of trying to regain access to my @instagram account, which was temporarily suspended by @accessnow while I was wrongfully detained, I FINALLY got a backup code which allowed me to login only to receive this prompt that my account has been permanently disabled"

Access Now - that I can understand works for human rights. https://www.accessnow.org/about-us/

English Wikipedia:

"On March 3, 2026, Shihab-Eldin was detained by Kuwaiti authorities for resharing news articles about the Iran war;[13][17] the previous day, he had posted images of a U.S. fighter jet crashing over the country.[18] The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported that he had not been seen publicly in Kuwait, where he was visiting family, since March 2, and that he was under arrest over accusations of "spreading false information," "harming national security" and "misusing his mobile phone;"[13][19] the incident occurred as part of a wider wave of crackdowns targeting journalists across different Gulf states amid the war."

Then mentioning his Kuwaiti citizenship was revoked on 29th of April 2026 and earlier some implicit hint? he was released. (though he's American born so I can assume he also has a US Citizenship unless he gave it away at some point)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Shihab-Eldin

https://www.ahmedshihabeldin.com/

I see he has been a journalist and activist over the years within context of the Middle East.

But if someone have more details about why he was blocked it would be much more helpful to understand this story.