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Turkey’s Useless Twitter Ban

Backfired

The Turkish prime minister banned Twitter after a slew of allegations about him appeared online. Turks have simply circumvented the ban and intensified their attacks on his government.

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Reuters

Turkey’s embattled Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has banned the use of Twitter in his country. It's a panicky move coming amid a deluge of corruption allegations a week before key elections.

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