Just like Brazil did earlier this year, Turkey has now re-instated YouTube access in their country. I’m sitting here pondering whether or not YouTube has THAT much power. What I am getting at is, “I wonder if either Turkey or Brazil was on the verge of a revolution from the people who wanted their YouTube? Just a weird thought that went through my mind for a split second. Here below is an excerpt from the above linked official AP story:
Associated Press
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkey lifted its ban on YouTube Friday, an official for the country’s largest telecommunications firm said, two days after a court ordered the Web site blocked because of videos that allegedly insulted the founder of modern Turkey.
Ahter Kutadgu, head of corporate communications for Turk Telekom, told the Anatolia news agency his company had been notified of a court decision to lift the ban.
Kutadgu did not elaborate on the court’s reasoning. “As soon as the court decision lifting the ban reached us, we immediately opened YouTube,” he said.
The Istanbul court that ordered the site blocked on Wednesday had said it would lift the ban as soon as it ascertained that videos insulting Turkey’s founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, were removed.
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