Turkish court overturns the country’s ban on Twitter, but it may only be temporary

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by Sindy Cator on March 26, 2014 at 11:05 am

Turkey controversially banned Twitter last week, but it looks like the social network could soon be freely accessible in the country again. The AFP reports that a court has ordered the government to unblock the social network, though Hurriyet Daily News clarifies that the decision is merely a stay of execution on the ban, which suggests that any unblocking could be temporary. The ban was not initially successful, and only appeared to encourage Turks to flock to the microblogging site en masse using VPN software and Google DNS. However, reports suggest that activity has dropped by nearly 50 percent after Turkey blocked…