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Month: December 2016

Incident Report · December 23, 2016

Social media shutdowns in Turkey after ISIS releases soldier video

The Turkey Blocks monitoring network has detected and confirmed throttling of Twitter and YouTube affecting many internet users in Turkey after a new ISIS propaganda video was shared online just before midnight local …

Incident Report · December 21, 2016

News site of Dutch Broadcast Foundation NOS blocked in Turkey

The website of Dutch public broadcaster NOS is unreachable for most internet users in Turkey, according to claims independently validated by Turkey Blocks. The restriction was reported shortly after the imposition of a national broadcast ban …

Incident Report · December 19, 2016

Social media slowdown detected in Turkey after assassination of Russian ambassador

The Turkey Blocks monitoring network has detected severe slowdowns affecting Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and WhatsApp for some, but not all, internet users in Turkey. Access timings show that the restrictions began around 8:45PM …

Technical Analysis · December 18, 2016

Tor blocked in Turkey as government cracks down on VPN use

The Turkey Blocks internet censorship watchdog has identified and verified that restrictions on the Tor anonymity network and Tor Browser are now in effect throughout Turkey. Our study indicates that service providers have successfully complied with a government …

Technical Analysis · December 3, 2016

Concern over Wikipedia connectivity issues in Turkey

Internet users in Turkey report that the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia is partly unreachable, or slowed to the point of being unusable, since 1 December 2016. Affected subdomains include the primary …

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