Instagram blocks links to Snapchat and Telegram

Links with no purpose other than adding a user on a different social network are 'not the way our platform was intended to be used', says owner, Facebook

Facebook doesn't often give the impression of being scared of anything, but it looks like the social network is a bit concerned about the potential for competition from Snapchat and Telegram.

The two social networks have found themselves blacklisted from Facebook's Instagram service, just weeks after Telegram also reported minor censorship among users of Facebook's WhatsApp messenger.