[x-pubpol] Turkey's Twitter Block and Global Internet Freedom

[Joly MacFie]

Turkey's Twitter Block and Global Internet Freedom

*By Richard Wike, Director of Global Attitudes Research, Pew Research
Center*

Vladimir Putin has never been a fan of a free press or open public debates,
but the Ukraine crisis has provided the Kremlin with a new favorite target
for cracking down even more harshly on political expression: cyberspace.
Last week, Galina Timchenko was ousted as
editor<http://blogs.wsj.com/emergingeurope/2014/03/12/russian-news-editor-fired-after-interviewing-ukrainian-nationalist/>
of
the Russian news site Lenta.ru, after publishing an interview with a right
wing Ukrainian nationalist. She was replaced with an editor much more
friendly toward Putin and his allies. The websites of opposition leaders
Garry Kasparov and Alexei Navalny have also been targeted, along with other
sites critical<http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/13/us-russia-internet-idUSBREA2C21L20140313>
of
the Russian president.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the embattled Turkish prime minister, recently pushed
new censorship legislation through parliament, making it easier for the
government to block web content - and now Twitter is restricted across the
country<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/21/turkey-twitter-users-flout-ban-erdogan>
.

Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro has blocked
websites<http://world.time.com/2013/12/05/venezuela-cracks-down-on-internet-as-economy-implodes/>
covering
topics that might be a bit uncomfortable for his government, such as
skyrocketing inflation and anti-government protests.
Source:
http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/03/21/turkeys-twitter-block-and-global-internet-freedom/

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