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Turkey's New Far-Reaching Censorship Law

Posted by timothy on from the people-exist-to-serve-the-state dept.

nautical9 writes: "Wired is reporting that Turkey has just passed a law severely limiting freedom of expression. ISP's can be fined astronomical amounts for something as vague as 'airing pessimism.' It also requires new sites to 'apply' to the government for permission to go online. Amazing the lengths some will go to squash anti-government sentiment."

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  1. Re:And this from... by The+G · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The situation in Turkey is in some ways similar to that of Iran. It is an Islamic country; 99.8% Muslim according to the CIA World Factbook. There are factions that want an Islamic government, while others want a secular government.

    Um, Turkey is notionally a secular country with a secular government. A much better comparison is to Iraq, which also professes secularism in government. Both regularly make crackdowns on muslim anti-secularism groups, and both are accused of having a history of genocide.
    --G