Meanwhile in Turkey

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1st twitter, now Youtube blocked. How long will that wall stay up?


http://rt.com/news/turkey-block-youtube-twitter-64...

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Almost 25 years after the Berlin wall came down, are the Turkish authorities justified in putting these walls up?

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Thank you Al, thank you Kinky.

Turkey has a mega number of highly educated individuals and a burgeoning middle class - curbing their freedom will merely challenge the Government's position.

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In the WSJ

Turkish Masquerade

The Turkish government's grip on the Internet seems to be getting tighter. U.S. firms—Google, Level 3 Communications and OpenDNS—allege that Turkish telecommunications companies impersonated their servers to block access to social-media sites—an apparent escalation, we note, of efforts by Ankara to block dissent amid critical elections. Google explained in a blog that the technique was similar to tinkering with the listings in a phone book. OpenDNS Chief Executive David Ulevitch said in a statement: "This hijacking of our traffic represents an escalation of censorship and data manipulation by the Turkish government that we have not ever seen previously anywhere outside of China." The allegations come as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to have scored a decisive victory in local elections, raising the odds that he will seek the presidency. We report, however, that his rivals alleged vote-rigging and a political witch-hunt—an indication that the election hasn't eased the country's increasing polarization.