Sunday, January 25, 2015

Turkey to tighten grip on Internet

Turkey’s government seeks to gain authority to shut down websites freely

Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:2AM

The Turkish government has prepared a new bill that seeks to broaden state control over the Internet.

Under the bill, which was presented to the parliament on Friday, the prime minister of the country and other cabinet ministers would be able to shut down websites for reasons including “national security” without a court order, Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily News reported on Sunday.

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