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Turkey in a Tangle Over Control of Web
Turkey in a Tangle Over Control of Web (Washington Post)
President Vetoes Bill Curbing Internet As Concern About Free Speech
Grows
It was a long message -- the equivalent of about 24 pages. But it
contained no pornography or demands for an Islamic government or
separate Kurdish state -- the usual red flags that would warrant
pulling a message from "Debate Platform," a popular interactive
bulletin board operated by Turkey's biggest Internet service
provider.
So as visitors left follow-up comments, Coskun Ak, then the
interactive coordinator for the service Superonline, waited the usual
five days before removing the message -- a well-documented rant about
human rights abuses in Turkey that seemed to be based principally on
newspaper stories, court cases and reports by human rights
organizations.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15069-2001Jun18.html
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