Turkey - Online censorship now bordering on the ridiculous in Turkey

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is both amused and shocked to learn that the High Council for Telecommunications (TIB), Turkey's Internet regulator, has issued Internet service providers and website hosting companies with a list of 138 keywords that are henceforth to be banned from Turkish Internet. The list was sent out on 27 April. “If the TIB's aim is to control pornography, one wonders why first names such as ‘Adrianne' and ‘Haydar' or everyday terms such as ‘free', ‘pic', ‘fat' and ‘pregnant' are (...)

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