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Turkey Blocks Social Media Over Hostage Photo

Posted April 6th, 2015 at 2:05 pm (UTC+0)
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  Turkey on Monday blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube over the publication of an image of a Turkish prosecutor who was taken hostage and killed last week by leftist militants. The ban on Facebook was lifted after the social media giant removed the photo. Twitter reportedly also complied with the demand to remove […]

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