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Erdogan’s Next Target as He Restricts Turkey’s Democracy: The Internet

posted by janrinok on Monday March 05 2018, @05:59PM   Printer-friendly
from the more-you-tighten-your-grip dept.

canopic jug writes:

Turkey, positioned geopgraphically on the edge of Europe and politically inside of NATO, has been heading in a troubling direction for some time in regards to speech. Crackdowns on dissent and even open speech are increasing and Internet communications are the specific focus of some of the recent actions. Coming up is legislation intended to curb the Internet (WWW) in ways similar to how television and radio have already been limited:

Having already brought Turkey's mainstream media to heel, and made considerable headway in rolling back Turkish democracy, the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has set its sights on a seemingly innocuous target: a satellite television preacher named Adnan Oktar.

[...] "It is just about control," said Kerem Altiparmak, a human rights and media lawyer. "Considering what has been happening in Turkey, I have no doubt this is a hegemonic power, controlling newspapers, TV and the judiciary, that is now out to control the [I]nternet sector."

All the restrictions are made that much easier through increased use of and dependence on centralized services like Facebook by the remaining opposition.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05 2018, @08:25PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05 2018, @08:25PM (#648149)

    I believe your post is accurate, your title is not. Many morons really do believe in the capitalist "strong man" approach, that is what gave us Trump (along with a few other reasons) and we're seeing what a "master" of capitalism is really like in the White House.

    Rising to the top in a capitalist system absolutely does NOT make someone the strongest and smartest. As a previous article pointed out a majority of wealthy people get there by luck and not merit, though there is usually a mix of both or else we'd probably have a muddy pig for president.. oh.. right. Usually merit is a trait of successful people, usually.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05 2018, @10:27PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05 2018, @10:27PM (#648223)

    Government is inherently anti-capitalism; this includes the American government.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06 2018, @02:14AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06 2018, @02:14AM (#648305)

      Government is inherently anti-capitalism; this includes the American government.

      And anarcho-capitalists like you are inherently idiots with little grasp of reality and none of history.