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Re: Twitter is blocked in Turkey

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 10:28 PM UTC

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Re: Twitter is blocked in Turkey

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Post by egeozcan » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 10:28 PM UTC

guard-of-terra wrote: post #7

Internet is falling apart. I think that appreciation for free speech, press and freedom of expression is lower today than it was for a long time of recent history. "They" just push and push on it and we're helpless. Not even constrained by paying it lip service. Do we still have non-violent ways to counter this and make our voice heard? Because otherwise violent ways become aspired.

I'm getting depressed by these kind of news. My votes do not seem to change anything and I feel hopeless. I can't find anything meaningful to say and I just want to ignore the whole situation but keeping silent just feels wrong.

Re: Twitter is blocked in Turkey

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Post by sentientmachine » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 10:29 PM UTC

Imagine if government had the power to flick a switch place perfect earplugs and blinders on every human everywhere for a time for some political agenda.

I wonder how far men would go (short of just killing people) to suppress the right for people to think, in order to suppress some information floating around in the public space.

Would you flick that switch, to power down an entire nation of drones, just to prevent them from finding out that you did something evil?

Take care you NEVER give other men the right to shut down your brain from afar. It WILL be used against you.

Re: Twitter is blocked in Turkey

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Post by Nux » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 10:30 PM UTC

elwell wrote: post #8

Just when you think Turkey is a 1st world country...

Yeah, like the UK, right?

Re: Twitter is blocked in Turkey

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Post by kayman » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 10:30 PM UTC

sad to see sites being blocked. Can you use Tor to get around this restriction?

Re: Twitter is blocked in Turkey

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Post by ctekin » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 10:30 PM UTC

cclogg wrote: post #5

boolean wrote: post #2

Earlier today "Turkey’s Erdogan Now Says He’ll Shut Down Twitter, Too" http://time.com/32339/turkey-erdogan-twitter/

Wow: “I don’t care what the international community says. Everyone will witness the power of the Turkish Republic.” Did he actually say that? In regards to shutting down twitter to stop a scandal? If you truly weren't responsible for w/e scandal, then wouldn't you just not care? Edit: Also that line seems perfect for a James Bond villain lol.

He did say that. He's out of control unfortunately.

Re: Twitter is blocked in Turkey

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Post by kosso » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 10:31 PM UTC

Many people would see this as a good thing.

It's just a big site run by some American company. Amazingly, there are other ways to communicate.

Re: Twitter is blocked in Turkey

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Post by bit2pixel » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 10:31 PM UTC

kayman wrote: post #15

sad to see sites being blocked. Can you use Tor to get around this restriction?

some can, the majority can't.

Re: Twitter is blocked in Turkey

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Post by thisiswrong » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 10:32 PM UTC

Then use Twister [1]. Twister is NSA-proof, censorship reistant, and based on the bitcoin protocol.

[1] http://twister.net.co/

Re: Twitter is blocked in Turkey

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Post by guard-of-terra » Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 10:32 PM UTC

egeozcan wrote: post #12

guard-of-terra wrote: post #7

Internet is falling apart. I think that appreciation for free speech, press and freedom of expression is lower today than it was for a long time of recent history. "They" just push and push on it and we're helpless. Not even constrained by paying it lip service. Do we still have non-violent ways to counter this and make our voice heard? Because otherwise violent ways become aspired.

I'm getting depressed by these kind of news. My votes do not seem to change anything and I feel hopeless. I can't find anything meaningful to say and I just want to ignore the whole situation but keeping silent just feels wrong.

This is funny thing you mentioned because my votes never did anything ever. Victory always goes to that other default side. So much for mock democracy.