Erdoğan signals gov't may shut down Facebook, YouTube after local polls
6 March 2014 /İSTANBUL, TODAY'S ZAMAN
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hinted that his government may shut down Facebook and YouTube after March 30 local elections to what he says avert negative effects of internet on society, a move would likely spark public backlash given the mounting social unrest and uneasiness over government's growing encroachment on people's lives and media.
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