Turkish high court lifts YouTube ban
[JURIST] The Constitutional Court of Turkey [official website] on Tuesday
ruled that a previous decision to ban Youtube [corporate website]
violated users' freedom of speech rights. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan [BBC profile] had imposed the ban on YouTube and Twitter [JURIST
report] after illicit recordings of top security talks were posted on
YouTube and distributed through Twitter. The court cited Article 26 of
the Constitution of Turkey [document, PDF], which states that
"[e]veryone has the right to express and...
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