Thursday, 8. March 2007

Turkish court bans YouTube access


Access to the popular video-sharing website YouTube has been suspended in Turkey following a court order.

The ban was imposed after prosecutors told the court that clips insulting former Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk had appeared on the site.

bbc.co.uk techdirt.com theregister.co.uk

Update on Turkey bans YouTube:

Following up on news today that the government of Turkey has blocked YouTube, an anonymous Turkish BoingBoing reader shares some background.

boingboing.net

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