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Information Technology News Talking Turkey: bloggers ban themselves in protest over banned blogs
Information Technology News Talking Turkey: bloggers ban themselves in protest over banned blogs | Talking Turkey: bloggers ban themselves in protest over banned blogs |
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| by Davey Winder | |
| Monday, 18 August 2008 | |
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Indeed, bloggers seem to be relatively high on the hit list as far as the Turkish authorities are concerned. Which is probably why they have decided to act now. However, the manner in which they are protesting about censorship is unusual to say the least: Turkish bloggers are censoring themselves. Now while you may think that this just means waving a white flag and doing what the Turkish government wants, the bloggers would argue it is far from that. For a few days this week they are replacing their entire blogs with a single page stating: Bu siteye erisim kendi karariyla engellenmistir I understand that this translates into something along the lines of: “This site is banned due to court decision” Which is kind of cool, if not totally accurate as the 200 blogs in question have not (yet) been banned by any court. But what exactly are the bloggers protesting against here? The answer, it would appear, is Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code. What is Article 301, how does it impact upon the Internet, and what are bloggers doing about it? Find out on page 2... CONTINUES |
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