Reports: Turkish government blocks social media in wake of airport attack
 

Reports: Turkish government blocks social media in wake of airport attack
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Shortly after the deadly terror attack at*Istanbul's Atatürk Airport that killed several dozen people and injured scores more, reports began circulating that the Turkish government had blocked social media in the country.*

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According to Vocativ,*the ****** of the Turkish Prime Minister instituted the ban on any visuals of the explosion for national security reasons.*

Shortly after the attack, RTUK, Turkey's Radio and Television Supreme Council, expanded the ban to include all media. *





Turkish president*Recep Tayyip Erdogan has long opposed the use of social media and promised to "eradicate" it. If **thing else, outsiders are familiar with the case involving the man who shared a meme comparing*Erdogan to*Lord of the Rings character Gollum.* Read more...


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