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Twitter Blocked in Turkey!

posted by LaminatorX on Friday March 21 2014, @12:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-good-is-a-phone-call-if-you-are-unable-to-speak dept.

maratumba writes:

"Within the same day as the PM announced his intention to do so (previous story here), Twitter has been blocked in Turkey. Reports say that it is currently possible to circumvent the ban by using Google DNS. But the word is, they will not only prevent this method, but also block Facebook and Youtube."

 
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by wantkitteh on Friday March 21 2014, @01:18PM

    by wantkitteh (3362) on Friday March 21 2014, @01:18PM (#19272) Homepage Journal

    Just been told by a friend that Turks can still send tweets by SMS.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Open4D on Friday March 21 2014, @02:09PM

    by Open4D (371) on Friday March 21 2014, @02:09PM (#19308) Journal

    Indeed, and not just by SMS.

    "Twitter use breaks new record in country as Turks defy ..."

    "Turkish president, Abdullah Gül, openly criticised the ban - via his Twitter account" (N.B. the president has little power. [wikipedia.org] It was Prime Minister Erdogan who wanted the ban.)

     
    Source: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/21/turke y-twitter-users-flout-ban-erdogan [theguardian.com]