I am sure most of you heard the news by now since it is even picked up by Techcrunch and the discussion is on the front page of Techmeme as of now with lots of related discussions including popular blogs like Mashable, IP Democracy and many more.
It makes me really sad that my country is taking an action that supports censorship and aligns herself with the likes of China and Iran when it comes to trying to block internet.
I read (in a Turkish source) that the same court ruled the ban said the ban may be lifted if YouTube removes the offending clips from the website. What is funny to me is that YouTube had removed the clips before the ban has started. So, I am not sure where this leaves the decision. My guess is that the ban will be lifted in a couple of days. But the damage is done and Turkey’s action is took its place in the history of attempted censorship.
To be fair, Turkey is not the only country who is struggling with the new legislative demands of the Internet. As I read in IP Democracy’s post, France is also taking action for making a large part of video-based citizen journalism illegal. Moreover, less than a week ago US Justice Department targeted image sharing sites in their quest to be able to increase their Internet surveillance.
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