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Alarm bells over Turkey’s ‘Big Brother’ Internet curbs

AFP

Turkey was under fire Thursday over new Internet curbs that critics say constitute a distressing slide towards authoritarianism in the aspiring EU member state. Parliament passed the measures late Wednesday, the latest controversial moves in Turkey

THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT has adopted draft rules that close a vice-like grip on the throat of the internet. The draft rules adopted this week give the Turkish government the sort of internet control that all governments either want or take anyway away