The Net Routes Around Censorship In Turkey

lpress writes: "Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been embarrassed by social media over corruption, vowed yesterday to 'eradicate Twitter.' He followed through by cutting off access, but users soon found work-arounds like posting by email and using VPNs. The hashtag #TwitterOlmadanYaayamam (I can't live without Twitter) quickly rose to the top of Twitter's worldwide trending topics."

What a fool.

[Obijon70]

Haven't these tin pot dictators learned you cant "abolish" the internet? people that want to communicate with each other WILL find a way.

Subverting censorship.

[Forbo]

People ask why I would ever want to run a Tor exit node, this is a perfect example.

A Success of the Internet

[Oysterville]

One of the places where the Internet truly succeeds is by giving everyone a voice, thereby creating a watchdog effect that mass media has failed at themselves. Granted, not many use their "voice" for a worthy purpose, but those that do may never have been heard if it weren't for this medium.

Re:What a fool.

[PolygamousRanchKid]

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ... vowed yesterday to 'eradicate Twitter.'

"In democratic Turkey, Twitter eradicates you, Mr Erdogan!

I really hope he fails to turn Turkey into an Islamic North Korea.

Re:What a fool.

[Anonymous Coward]

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