Turkey blocks social media
According to Interfax, a Turkish court has blocked pages on Twitter and YouTube, in which users shared photos of the hostage last week taken.
Last Tuesday, two armed men took prosecutor Selim Kiraz hostage in the central court building in Istanbul. It is reported that the prosecutor was captured in the photographs, with the terrorists aiming a weapon at his head. Both extremists and the hostage died during a police assault.
It is reported that the Turkish authorities initially banned the publication of images taken during the siege last week, threatening reporters with accusations of propaganda of terrorism.
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Based on the analysis of the incident, the prosecutor was captured because he was in charge of the investigation into the boy’s death during the anti-government protests that took place in 2013.
It is reported that a total of 166 websites were blocked by the authorities. Facebook was able to avoid blocking only due to the fact that it removed the controversial images before the deadline of the court appointed. The ban did not prevent people from posting on Twitter. Newspapers and individuals wrote about how to get around the block. As a result, the hashtag #TwitterisblockedinTurkey has become the most trend theme in the whole world.
YouTube published the text of the court decision on its website, calling it an “administrative measure” taken by Turkish telecoms.
According to the BBC, the Turkish government has never been a fan of social media platforms. Last year, just before local elections, access to Twitter and YouTube were also banned.
UPD: The leadership of the social network Twitter has executed an order of the Turkish government to remove the photos of the Istanbul Prosecutor with a pistol at his temple. The lock was released several hours after it was established. The service agreed to remove the user accounts of the users who posted the photos, as well as the pictures themselves.
Last Tuesday, two armed men took prosecutor Selim Kiraz hostage in the central court building in Istanbul. It is reported that the prosecutor was captured in the photographs, with the terrorists aiming a weapon at his head. Both extremists and the hostage died during a police assault.
It is reported that the Turkish authorities initially banned the publication of images taken during the siege last week, threatening reporters with accusations of propaganda of terrorism.
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Based on the analysis of the incident, the prosecutor was captured because he was in charge of the investigation into the boy’s death during the anti-government protests that took place in 2013.
It is reported that a total of 166 websites were blocked by the authorities. Facebook was able to avoid blocking only due to the fact that it removed the controversial images before the deadline of the court appointed. The ban did not prevent people from posting on Twitter. Newspapers and individuals wrote about how to get around the block. As a result, the hashtag #TwitterisblockedinTurkey has become the most trend theme in the whole world.
YouTube published the text of the court decision on its website, calling it an “administrative measure” taken by Turkish telecoms.
According to the BBC, the Turkish government has never been a fan of social media platforms. Last year, just before local elections, access to Twitter and YouTube were also banned.
UPD: The leadership of the social network Twitter has executed an order of the Turkish government to remove the photos of the Istanbul Prosecutor with a pistol at his temple. The lock was released several hours after it was established. The service agreed to remove the user accounts of the users who posted the photos, as well as the pictures themselves.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/289322/
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