Turkey adopts law to block 'insulting' websites
Monday, May 7, 2007
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Turkish lawmakers adopted a law on Friday allowing the state to block access to Internet sites that are deemed to insult the country's founder, the Anatolia news agency reported.
The legislation also authorises authorities to cut off access to sites whose content includes criminal activities, such as the sexual abuse of minors and prostitution.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who proclaimed modern day Turkey in 1923 on the ashes of the Islamic Ottoman Empire, is seen as a national hero by secular Turks in the mainly Muslim country and his legacy is protected under a special law.
In March, the country's largest telecommunications provider, Turk Telekom, blocked access to the popular video-sharing site YouTube on a court order over a clip that allegedly insulted him.
Users regained access two days later after YouTube removed the video and Turk Telekom petitioned the court to revoke the ban
2 comments:
Does the fact that there are few comments her actually reflect on the law?
or a reflection of how many people read this blog!
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