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Twitter erupted last week when it was blocked by the Turkish government after being used to distribute material that purportedly showed corruption inside Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s inner circle. The situation escalated over the weekend as the country blocked Twitter from the IP level — taking out Google DNS and other shortcuts used to circumvent the ban. Responding to the controversy, Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek told the BBC that the block was enforced because Twitter acted “above the law” and ignored court orders. “The Turkish telecommunications watchdog has made a number of statements saying that they have asked Twitter on a number…

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