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The Net Routes Around Censorship In Turkey

Posted by Soulskill on from the working-as-intended dept.

lpress writes: "Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been embarrassed by social media over corruption, vowed yesterday to 'eradicate Twitter.' He followed through by cutting off access, but users soon found work-arounds like posting by email and using VPNs. The hashtag #TwitterOlmadanYaayamam (I can't live without Twitter) quickly rose to the top of Twitter's worldwide trending topics."

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  1. Good luck Erdogan by PPH · · Score: 3, Funny

    We've been trying to eradicate Twitter for years. So far, no luck.

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    Have gnu, will travel.