23 March 2014
Source: Middle East Monitor
Twitter approved Sunday a complaint filed by the Turkish
telecommunications authority against accounts that publicised fabricated
recordings aimed at smearing officials from the ruling AK Party.
Twitter's decision came as a reaction to court rulings issued recently by the Turkish Constitutional Court.
On Thursday, the Turkish government blocked the social networking
website Twitter hours after warnings by Prime Minister Recep Tayyib
Erdogan to "eradicate" the website because of its failure to uphold
Turkish court decisions.
The crisis started when a Turkish citizen publicised fabricated
recordings allegedly belonging to government officials. Accordingly, the
Constitutional Court issued a verdict to remove the fabricated content
from the website and the telecommunications authority submitted a copy
of the decision to Twitter in order to implement it, in accordance with
Twitter's policy. However, officials complained that the website ignored
their request, which led Erdogan to publicly slam Twitter and vow to
block it, irrespective of the international community's reactions.
Link: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/europe/10463-twitter-suspends-accounts-in-response-to-turkish-government-complaints.
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