It seems as if today is the day of the repeat story: a court in Turkey has banned access to YouTube after a single citizen complained that it contained clips which insulted the country. The ruling was based on allegations that material posted on the video sharing website mocked the country's modern founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, along with the national army, president Abdullah Gul and prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Consequently, the Turkish Telecommunications Board has been told to block all access to YouTube. Previously, Turkey had blocked access to YouTube in March this year after it hosted a video showing pictures of Ataturk with insults superimposed in English. The country's penal code makes it a crime to insult 'Turkishness' and the courts routinely press charges against writers and journalists for mentioning the Armenian genocide of 1915-1917. Thus, this ruling comes as no great surprise.
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The way the EU run, they'll be in like a shot with their attitude. Basicly, anyone who thinks the EU is a good thing is an idiot.
this is f***in ridiculous. i love my country dont get me wrong but theres a line between fascism and nationalism and somepeople in the govt. have crossed it one too many times
this is f***in ridiculous. i love my country dont get me wrong but theres a line between fascism and nationalism and somepeople in the govt. have crossed it one too many times
Don't feel too bad, it's not too different here in America, or many other places in the world. Nothing is in the best interest of the people; just the ones sitting on top.
Right, and Germany wasn't responsible for the crimes against Jews because the Federal Republic of Germany didn't exist then ...
They don't blame a country, they blame the people ... the Germans, the Turks ...
The way the EU run, they'll be in like a shot with their attitude. Basicly, anyone who thinks the EU is a good thing is an idiot.
For what reasons? Do you live in the EU? Which country?
EU law would require Turkey to be a lot more free before getting in, but I don't think this would change - France and Germany block things (Germany being quite obvious), the Eastern bloc probably is less free than them, there is quite a few areas that have less than free press/speech.
This guys need to find a planet, only for them to live on.
OH NOEZ! I hope they don't ban Neowin now :o
/sarcasm
/sarcasm
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