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Turkey is trying to block Twitter again
It was recently revealed that the government of Turkey is planning to work with Swedish censorship software company, NetClean, to sweep the Internet for “child sexual abuse” cases. Numerous digital activists in Europe have already signaled the alarm for potential censorship by the Turkish government, due to its aggressive history of censoring it’s own citizens on the Internet. The government of Turkey has already agreed to a 40 million Euro contract for NetClean to filter content on Twitter.
Even though NetClean claims that they are not helping the Turkish government censor or block Twitter, the Swedish company cannot ignore Turkey’s history with censorship. The European Court of Human Rights has repeatedly condemned the government of Turkey for censoring and abusing its own citizens’ basic rights.The Swedish government and NetClean need to realize the danger this negotiation poses for the innocent civilians in Turkey. If NetClean moves forward with sweeping and blocking Twitter in Turkey, the company will be directly responsible for abusing the human rights of the entire Turkish population.