Blogspot banned in Turkey



    It is not in vain that Turkey is considered one of the countries with a powerful influence of the government on the Internet - then the Turks block YouTube, because there someone puts video parodies on the leaders of the Turkish government, now Blogspot has been banned. The reason, again, is not very global: in one of the blogs, Turkish Internet censors discovered pirated video footage of a football match. Immediately, the Turkish satellite TV service company went to court with the intention of punishing the blogger who posted the record. The court, without thinking twice, blocked the entire Blogspot.

    In principle, similar things happen in Russia, when, for example, a provider, by a court decision, blocks the entire LiveJournal because of one blog whose materials were deemed extremist by the court. We are slowly starting to get used to such cases, but Google is still surprised. Blogspot service management is now surprised at the fact that the copyright holders did not contact Google to resolve this issue, but decided to appeal to a Turkish court. The fact is that Blogspot has a fairly convenient tool that allows copyright holders to apply for the detection of illegal content. According to the developers, such issues are resolved quickly enough, and it is not clear why the Turks decided to do without the help of the service itself.

    Currently, several hundred thousand Turkish bloggers are left without access toyour favorite blog sites on Blogspot. Perhaps, after some time, the Turks will remove the lock, having figured out the problem, but there are not many chances. Indeed, the blocking of the YouTube service in Turkey lasted about two years, and almost immediately after the ban was removed, the Turks again blocked YouTube for a short time (disputed videos parodying the leaders of the Turkish government were again posted).

    Well, we will wait for the development of events, trying to guess the duration of the blocking of Blogspot by the Turks this time. So far, activists in the movement to protect the rights of Internet users in Turkey plan to hold several protests.

    Via bbc.co.uk

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