Emerging and
Developing Nations Want Internet Freedom
Most people in countries with unrestricted
Internet access take it for granted, forgetting that many countries around the world have censored, limited or **
Internet access — even though it's a
human right, according to the United Nations.
This doesn't mean citizens don't understand and advocate for their right, though. Twitter was
blocked in Turkey on Thursday, after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pledged to "eradicate" the platform — often k**wn to help give voices to the voiceless — for spreading what he called false information. But Twitter users in Turkey are getting around the ban through a
variety of solutions and criticizing it via tweets.
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