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Twitter gets blocked in Turkey ten days before major election

article published on 20 March, 2014

Turkey's telecommunications regulator has blocked Twitter, following a threat by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. There is a major election next week, and the PM has been linked to a massive corruption probe in the nation. The government was recently given expanded oversight over the Internet, and is apparently not afraid to use it. Turkey is one of the most social media-friendly ... [ read the full article ]

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DarthMopar
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_ 		20. March 2014 @ 23:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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 Twitter is one of the most social media-friendly nations in the world
...interesting. Can't find Twitter on Google Earth. :p
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Menion
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_ 		20. March 2014 @ 23:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by DarthMopar:
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 Twitter is one of the most social media-friendly nations in the world
...interesting. Can't find Twitter on Google Earth. :p
I had to read that a couple times myself, wasn't aware they had formed their own nation
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DDR4life
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_ 		21. March 2014 @ 02:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Lol. I read that twice myself.
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ivymike
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_ 		21. March 2014 @ 08:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Twitter's national flag has a blue bird on it, LOL.
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DarthMopar
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_ 		21. March 2014 @ 09:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ivymike:
 Twitter's national flag has a blue bird on it, LOL.


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bhetrick
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_ 		21. March 2014 @ 09:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by DarthMopar:
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 Twitter is one of the most social media-friendly nations in the world
...interesting. Can't find Twitter on Google Earth. :p
That's because Google's been blocking all competition.
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Mrguss
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_ 		21. March 2014 @ 15:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Most if no all corrupt countries of the world are afraid of twitter; including the U.S. Govt.

Turkish Twitter users when up +138%:
http://cir.ca/news/freedom-of-the-press-in-turkey/138930
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BjRitlMCUAARqKY.png
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KillerBug
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_ 		21. March 2014 @ 17:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yeah...block twitter...that worked really well in every other country where it was tried. Even the president is against the block...not because he doesn't like it, but because he knows he will be the first against the wall if he supports it.
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ivymike
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_ 		21. March 2014 @ 19:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The Turkish Prime Minister is smart enough to block Twitter but not smart enough to block Tor.
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