European Court Slams Turkey over YouTube Case

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Turkey violated the European Convention on Human Rights by blocking access to YouTube. A group of three Turkish law teachers had taken the case to the court in 2010 after a Turkish criminal court ordered the blocking of access to YouTube for more than two years because some videos were available that were "insulting to the memory" of Mustapha Kemal Ataturk — the first president of the republic of Turkey.   The European...

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