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Human rights organizations are criticizing the Turkish government for prosecuting Twitter users even as the country hosts a forum on Internet freedom.
Twenty-nine Twitter users are currently being prosecuted in Turkey for posting tweets critical of the government during protests last year. Authorities claim the social media posts "incite the public to break the law." And in March, the Turkish government attempted to ban Twitter. A court , however, overturned the ban weeks later
Turkey has also been criticized for passing a law in 2007 that has blocked or censored more than 50,000 websites, including LGBTQ community forums, pro-Kurdish websites and independent news outlets. Read more...
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