Periscope and Facebook Live help document Turkey attempted coup
 

Periscope and Facebook Live help document Turkey attempted coup
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As an attempted military coup unfolded in Turkey Friday night, with bridges closed, tanks rolling through cities and aircraft flying low overhead, news of what was actually happening was hard to come by.

Social media was a flurry of confused updates that suggested a terror attack, or perhaps a coup, but definitely something serious.

Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, meanwhile, were reportedly throttled as is increasingly customary in the country.

SEE ALSO: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube blacked out in Turkey amid attempted coup


Then the country's state broadcaster TRT was dramatically taken over by members of the military, and a statement was read out an**uncing that a "peace council" would **w run the country and impose a curfew and martial law. Read more...


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