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Shadoer: Aug 31, 2011; Zoe Quinn is one of many women targeted by the Gamergate harassment campaign.

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Yeah this is going to go over well...

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32194915

quote:

A Turkish court has ordered blocks on Twitter and YouTube for sharing photos of a hostage taken during an armed siege last week.

The blocks have been imposed because images of a deadly siege were being shared via the social networks.

In the siege two gunmen reportedly from a far-left group took a prosecutor hostage at Istanbul central courthouse.

All three died in a shootout when police stormed the building during a rescue bid.

Before imposing the blocks on the websites, Turkish authorities had moved to stop newspapers printing images taken during the siege last week.

The newspapers were accused by the government of disseminating "terrorist propaganda" for the DHKP-C group that was reportedly behind the attack on the courthouse.

The DHKP-C is considered a terrorist group by Turkey, the European Union and US.

The prosecutor at the centre of the siege, Mehmet Selim Kiraz, was apparently taken hostage because he headed an investigation into the death of a boy during anti-government protests that took place in 2013.

The same pictures showing attackers holding a gun to Mr Kiraz's head were also being widely shared on social media, leading authorities to act, reported Turkish newspaper Hurriyet.

In total, 166 websites which shared the images were blocked by the court order.

YouTube published the text of the court ruling on its website saying an "administration measure" had been enacted by Turkey's telecoms authority.

Facebook was also subject to the same block but it is believed the restrictions on it have been lifted after it removed the images.

Many Turkish people reported via social media that they were having problems accessing the sites and many others.

This is not the first time that Turkish authorities have imposed blocks on social media sites and networks.

In the run-up to local elections in March 2014 blocks were imposed after recordings circulated allegedly revealing corruption among senior officials.

Figures provided by Twitter revealed that Turkey filed more requests to remove content from the social network than any other nation between July and December 2014.

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DOMDOM: Apr 28, 2007; Fun Shoe

turkey should worry about keeping the power on first, they are basically third world shithole run by religious idiot despite being founded as a secular state TURKEY YOU HAVE LOST YOUR WAY

# ? Apr 6, 2015 15:23

Nonviolent J: Jul 20, 2006; by FactsAreUseless; Soiled Meat

haha bbc.com

# ? Apr 6, 2015 15:23

ItBurns: Jul 24, 2007

Shadoer posted:

Facebook was also subject to the same block but it is believed the restrictions on it have been lifted after it removed the images.

lol

# ? Apr 6, 2015 15:24

Kanthulhu: Apr 8, 2009; NO ONE SPOIL GAME OF THRONES FOR ME!

IF SOMEONE TELLS ME THAT OBERYN MARTELL AND THE MOUNTAIN DIE THIS SEASON, I'M GOING TO BE PISSED.

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Don't care.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 15:28

Hector Beerlioz: Jun 16, 2010; aw, hec

Nonviolent J posted:

haha bbc.com

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# ? Apr 6, 2015 15:33

BigBoss: Jan 26, 2012; by Lowtax

Yeah, we're TOTALLY part of Europe.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 15:52

Shadoer: Aug 31, 2011; Zoe Quinn is one of many women targeted by the Gamergate harassment campaign.

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BigBoss posted:

Yeah, we're TOTALLY part of Europe.

The sad thing is Turkey really should have been.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 16:33

Ivor Biggun: Apr 30, 2003; A big "Fuck You!" from the Keyhole nebula; Lipstick Apathy

Mustafa Kemal Atat�rk sucks.

That should get SA banned in Turkey as well.

[e] Mustafa Kemal Atat�rk, berbat

# ? Apr 6, 2015 16:42

BigBoss: Jan 26, 2012; by Lowtax

Shadoer posted:

The sad thing is Turkey really should have been.

Yeah, if the crusades had been successful and killed all the Mohammedans.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 16:43

Dead Gay Romans: Mar 19, 2015; Pitbull enthusiast

I wish the Eastern Roman Empire was still around. Sure, they aren't quite as dead and gay as the West, but I think Greece and Turkey would be way better off today.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 16:45

Frog Act: Feb 10, 2012

i have opinions about the president of turkey

# ? Apr 6, 2015 16:46

Beef Turret: Jul 9, 2009; by Lowtax

I briefly forgot there was a country named turkey so this thread sounded way more interesting than it turned out to be

# ? Apr 6, 2015 16:48

Dead Gay Romans: Mar 19, 2015; Pitbull enthusiast

He was kind of a dick on his last state visit too, wouldn't even look at Obama straight or shake his hand

# ? Apr 6, 2015 16:50

Rambling Robot: Sep 13, 2011; Duggar Fan Club Superstar #1 LOL

not the first time.

btw. armenian genocide.

atat�rk lol.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 16:51

Dead Gay Romans: Mar 19, 2015; Pitbull enthusiast

To be fair, no one was really using those Armenians at the time.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 16:58

Business Gorillas: Mar 11, 2009

Dead Gay Romans posted:

I wish the Eastern Roman Empire was still around. Sure, they aren't quite as dead and gay as the West, but I think Greece and Turkey would be way better off today.

Yeah its a real shame the Ottomans lost WWI, thus ending the Roman Empire once and for all.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 17:04

Dead Gay Romans: Mar 19, 2015; Pitbull enthusiast

it lives on...in spirit :italy:

# ? Apr 6, 2015 17:15

IzzyFnStradlin: Jun 19, 2004

a good start, imho

# ? Apr 6, 2015 17:15

Applewhite: Aug 16, 2014; by vyelkin; Nap Ghost

IzzyFnStradlin posted:

a good start, imho

They just need to ban Tumblr now.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 17:24

a shiny rock: Nov 13, 2009

seems fine as long as htey don't ban twitch.tv

# ? Apr 6, 2015 17:39

West SAAB Story: Mar 13, 2014; by Athanatos
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Applewhite posted:

They just need to ban Tumblr now.

Everycountry needs to block tumblr.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 17:40

Fister Roboto: Feb 21, 2008

Rambling Robot posted:

not the first time.

btw. armenian genocide.

atat�rk lol.

You know what they say, one "aw poo poo" undoes ten "ataturks".

# ? Apr 6, 2015 17:40

Ambrose Burnside: Aug 30, 2007; pensive

that hostage taking was a blast from the past cause man when was the last time a marxist group pulled some poo poo like that

# ? Apr 6, 2015 17:44

www: Aug 4, 2010

let turkey into the eu and let the muslims overtake the eu

allahu akbar

# ? Apr 6, 2015 17:46

circ dick soleil: Sep 27, 2012; by zen death robot

Shadoer posted:

Yeah this is going to go over well...

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32194915

You're a doughy middle aged man who writes star trek rape fanfic.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 17:58

Dead Gay Romans: Mar 19, 2015; Pitbull enthusiast

Is turkey the one we're helping the Saudis bomb now or the one with Assad? I can't keep this poo poo straight anymore but I have hopes that Ted Cruz will be able to fix this mess Obama started.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:01

Darkman Fanpage: Jul 4, 2012

good

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:50

FreudianSlippers: Apr 12, 2010; Shooting and Fucking
are the same thing!

Next time they kidnap and murder officials they should just print out posters and glue them to walls.

Then the government will ban all walls making sure that all government buildings collapse allowing for a easy revolution.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:55

Moridin920: Nov 15, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

when you start trying to block internet poo poo like that, the whole world knows your government is beginning a slow death spiral imo

it's stupid, it is unenforceable and ineffective, and it demonstrates weakness.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 19:07