Twitter gets blocked in Turkey, as its Prime Minister threatens crackdown on other social media
Turkey has cracked down on social media — not for the first time – after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan blocked access to Twitter and threatened to “wipe out” the microblogging service after it was used to expose alleged government corruption. The BBC reports that its correspondent was unable to access the site from Turkey, where Twitter is estimated to have some 10 million registered users. Twitter hasn’t issued an official response, but it did offer instructions to help users send tweets using SMS: Turkish users: you can send Tweets using SMS. Avea and Vodafone text START to 2444. Turkcell text START to…
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