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06-30-2016, 11:40 PM
Turkey's internet censorship after the Istanbul attack is **thing new
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Turkey's practice of censoring the Internet and the social media channels it facilitates is an ongoing issue in the country, one that came to a head once again on Tuesday (http://mashable.com/2016/06/28/turkey-media-ban-terror%20?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) in the wake of the terrorist bombing attack on Istanbul's Ataturk Airport
SEE ALSO: At least 41 dead in explosions at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport (http://mashable.com/2016/06/28/istanbul-airport-attack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The latest reports put the number of fatalities at 41, with a number of others injured. Video of the attack as it happened, as well as images of the aftermath have been shared around the world on social media as news of the major incident spread
However, soon after the news began to spread, the Turkish government's censorship machine revved into action. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were blocked just a couple of hours after the attack according to Alp Toker (https://twitter.com/atoker?lang=en), a tech analyst who regularly tracks censorship in Turkey Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/30/turkey-social-media-censorship/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Turkey's practice of censoring the Internet and the social media channels it facilitates is an ongoing issue in the country, one that came to a head once again on Tuesday (http://mashable.com/2016/06/28/turkey-media-ban-terror%20?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) in the wake of the terrorist bombing attack on Istanbul's Ataturk Airport
SEE ALSO: At least 41 dead in explosions at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport (http://mashable.com/2016/06/28/istanbul-airport-attack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The latest reports put the number of fatalities at 41, with a number of others injured. Video of the attack as it happened, as well as images of the aftermath have been shared around the world on social media as news of the major incident spread
However, soon after the news began to spread, the Turkish government's censorship machine revved into action. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were blocked just a couple of hours after the attack according to Alp Toker (https://twitter.com/atoker?lang=en), a tech analyst who regularly tracks censorship in Turkey Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/30/turkey-social-media-censorship/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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