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A man tries to get connected to YouTube with his tablet at a cafe in Istanbul on Thursday.
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Neuman, Scott. "After Blocking Twitter, Turkey Moves To Stop YouTube." The Two-Way : NPR. National Public Radio, 27 Mar 2014. Web. 28 Mar 2014. <http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/03/27/295262978/after-blocking-twitter-turkey-moves-to-stop-youtube>.
This article concerns the current happenings in Turkey regarding governmental restriction of various websites. Authorities are reportedly going ahead with a blockage of YouTube, just days after the controversial governmental ban on Twitter. The blockage stems from a video on YouTube of a meeting among top Turkish officials discussing military measures in Syria. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan connected this activity with a judging YouTube as "villainous" and "dishonest." The YouTube blockage came to attention after Google Inc., YouTube's parent company, began investigating new reports that Turkish users were unable to access YouTube. Similar to the #twitterblockedinturkey phenomenon, a new "hashtag campaign," #youtubeblockedinturkey, has been initiated and is quickly gaining speed.
