Perhaps Turkey Should Just Ban The Entire Internet
from the adding-another-one dept
It would appear that the Turkish government and courts are a bit trigger happy when it comes to flat-out banning websites for almost no reason at all. In the past, we've reported on Turkish bans on YouTube, Slide, Wordpress.com and Google Groups. Now, via Slashdot, we see that a Turkish court has banned all of Google's Blogger service including all of the blogs hosted at blogspot.com. Unlike the bans of the other sites, which happened after people who were offended by content found on each complained, it appears that the Blogger ban was due to a Turkish TV service, Digiturk, which was upset that some Blogger users were posting links to unauthorized streams of Turkish football matches.Yes, you read that correctly. Because a few bloggers had linked to (not even hosted) some unauthorized streams of a sporting event, Digiturk was able to ban all of Blogger. At this point, you have to wonder why Turkey allows the internet at all.
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Turky Ban Blogger Blogs
I think NOT!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Turkey#Turkey_as_U.S._national_bird
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I think NOT!
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Flamingo
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Flamingos are notable for standing on one leg. As opposed to the Turkish government, which doesn't have a leg to stand on. *ba-dum, bum*
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If threatened while sitting on the nest, which is simply a cavity scooped in the earth, the hen presses her long neck flat along the ground, blending with the background. Ostriches, contrary to popular belief, do not bury their heads in the sand.
http://ask.yahoo.com/20000516.html
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(facepalm)
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Turkey?
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People in glass houses...
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Awesome!!!
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"Why doesn't the internet just ban Turkey?" Or something like that.
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hey I live in turkey??
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There is a way to change government, called election, it's far from being perfect, but it is a start.
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not.
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From Turkey
These bans are because of the present government.
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Turkish citizen here btw, unfortunately
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Ha Ha
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I hate living in this country. It's like watching a black comedy , if not actually living in it.
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Is there an online Petition set up yet?
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uhh...
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to the retards (you know yourself)
Age=10? I think so!
We, as people living in this country are quite troubled about these acts of cencoring and we keep connecting to these sites via other methods and proxy sites.
Dont forget to breathe between all these laughing will you? Or wait, you may also just die!
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heuheuhee
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Turkish People the most dumb,unethical,NO God, selfish, name it
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