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Twitter Blocked in Turkey!

posted by LaminatorX on Friday March 21 2014, @08:00AM   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: 1) by maratumba on Friday March 21 2014, @08:06PM

    by maratumba (938) on Friday March 21 2014, @08:06PM (#19541) Journal

    Funny story: almost right after twitter was blocked, there was a trending topic 'twitterIcinSokagaCikiyoruz' which translates as 'we are going out on the streets for twitter'. Very soon people found out that this hashtag was initially being promoted by bots. [hurriyetdailynews.com] People interpreted this whole affair as an attempt for creating pretext to declare marshall law and postpone the upcoming elections. Soon another hashtag, which basically urged people to calm down and stay at home became trending topic.

    I know how this must sound a little too Game-of-Thrones-like but it is only one of the many convoluted political maneuvers, and a rather obvious one at that, we have seen lately.

    More about current state of turkish politics can be found here [nytimes.com] and here [mashable.com].