Bloomberg: Turkey tests new censorship provision after Istanbul explosion
Bloomberg was trying to test Turkey’s censorship power in restricting internet access after the bombing in Istanbul.
Six people lost their lives and 81 people died as a result of the explosion of a bomb on Istiklal Street in Taksim, one of the busiest districts of Istanbul, on 13 November. was injured.
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed a broadcast ban on the explosion minutes later. The decision was taken upon the decision of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Subsequently, social media platforms could not be accessed. According to the cyber security and internet observatory NetBlocks, access to Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook was restricted after the explosion.
All of the restricted live network data shared by NetBlock belongs to Türk Telekom. if company ‘the problem is not theirs’ one took. The Information Technologies and Communications Authority (BTK) had confirmed that the nationwide band had been narrowed. Access hygiene ‘on request of relevant documents’ arrest was made was established.
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Reminding that the class passed in internet freedom, according to Turkey’s Freedom House report, Bloomberg reminded that after the explosion, the BTK provisions were illegal provisions. Bloomberg, who entered the salute last month ‘censorship law’He was also trying to test the situation, the new censorship power of the administration.