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   Turkey bans Twitter in 3...2...1...

   

   Fushta, Jun 11th, 2010 @ 3:18pm

   
   

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   Anonymous Coward, Jun 11th, 2010 @ 3:48pm

   
   

   If the executive branch (president) in Turkey is like that in the U.S. it can simply decide not to enforce any of the censorship laws. Sure, not censoring something maybe against the courts interpretation of law but if it's not enforced who cares?

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   Anonymous Coward, Jun 11th, 2010 @ 4:16pm

   
   

   According to this source: http://twitsmag.com/?p=2753 (posted before this story broke). His twitter account is cbabdullahgul Since I don't speak Turkish, I can't help you further than that.

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   Bas Grasmayer, Jun 12th, 2010 @ 5:57am

   
   

   Actually, Gul hardly has any power. Erdogan, the prime minister, might be the only one that can do something about this... Although the courts and politics are quite strictly separated.
   
   In the past Erdogan told a journalist that he still uses YouTube, just like everyone else does, despite the ban.

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   Turkish President on Twitter

   

   Sinan Unur (profile), Jun 13th, 2010 @ 2:05pm

   
   

   You can find his tweets at http://twitter.com/cbabdullahgul
   
   He said:
   
   

   "Türkiye'nin Youtube'u yasaklayan, Google'a erişimi engelleyen ülke kategorisinde olmasını tasvip etmem. Bu konuda yasal yollar bulunmalı."

   
   
   My translation:
   
   

   I do not approve of Turkey being in the same category as other countries banning Youtube and preventing access to Google. Regarding this, legal avenues must be found.

   
   
   The roots of these issues go back to the mid 90s when a whole bunch of new broadcast regulations were written. I have a little inside knowledge of the process, and it wasn't pretty. The current government, despite whatever other faults it might have, does not have a lot to do with how you can get a court order banning web sites for "anti-Turkish" content.
   
   Censorship in Turkey was not born yesterday.

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   hacker for hire

   

   kevinmitnick (profile), Jun 18th, 2010 @ 7:20pm

   
   

   [email protected]
   
   hacks everything.

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   powerpuff (profile), Sep 26th, 2010 @ 8:58pm

   
   

   Want to block your employees from using Twitter at work? This application Time Doctor uses a better method than blocking Twitter because it just monitors Twitter on work hours. Team members can use Twitter on lunch breaks. Also some people might need Twitter for work purposes so it's stupid to just block it.

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   quicksilver, Sep 27th, 2010 @ 8:26am

   
   

   Whether an application is blocked or not, self-control comes from within
   
   Ive been using http://bit.ly/bJwmma .
   It uses a better procedure than blocking social media sites because it only monitors sites like Twitter during
   
   production hours. People/Employees still have the option to use it for a breather or during breaks really .
   
   Sometimes they use it for work too in helping reach decisions. For me its really unnecessary to block Twitter.

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