Thursday, November 28, 2013

Istanbul sets off Twitter storm after jailing Internet ‘troll’

Istanbul sets off Twitter storm after jailing Internet ‘troll’
Cihat Akbel convicted after he launched a hashtag campaign against singer Aylin Aslim.
Middle East Online

Outspoken critic of the government

ISTANBUL - An Istanbul court set off a Twitter storm Thursday after it handed a five-month suspended jail term to an Internet "troll" for threatening a popular Turkish rock singer.

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