Turkey’s social media power grab
The repression of media is part of a disturbing trend in Turkey. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
By Editorial Board April 10 at 8:57 PM
A CRUCIAL election is approaching in Turkey, so it is sadly unsurprising that social media are once again coming under government pressure. This week authorities blocked more than 100 Web sites, including Twitter, Facebook, Google and YouTube, until they agreed to remove images of a Turkish prosecutor being held hostage by gunmen. The government was claiming credit for having killed the terrorists, while glossing over the fact that the prosecutor died as well; so the photographs had to go.
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