The war on Twitter, the blowback from Ukraine
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan follows through on his threat to shut down Twitter, as Saudi Arabia and Qatar also crack down on social media; US-Russia collaboration on Syria and Iran is so far holding on, despite tensions over Ukraine.
The Twitter crackdown
This week, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan followed through on a controversial Internet law by banning the use of Twitter in Turkey ahead of local elections on March 30.
A State Department spokeswoman said on March 20, “We remain very concerned by any suggestion that social media sites could be shut down,” as reported by Laura Rozen.
Al-Monitor’s Cengiz Candar, Semih Idiz, Pinar Tremblay and Tulin Daloglu have covered the controversy around the expansive Internet law and its links to the allegations of corruption against the government.
