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Re:Facebook suspended the account of whistleblower who expos... by lolc on Monday March 19, 2018 @04:41PM (#16622938)
It is surprising to me how easy Internet companies are bullied into censorship. Services should start carrying the "Banned in Turkey" flag as a badge of honor. "Banned in China" is required nowadays if you want to be taken seriously anyway.

For individuals, "Banned from Facebook" has a similar note. For a time now, Kurdish interests have been prosecuted by Facebook. And not just in Turkey.

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Re:Facebook suspended the account of whistleblower who expos... by Vinnl on Monday March 19, 2018 @05:09PM (#16623197)
I think the likes of WeChat and Alibaba have Western companies thinking twice before proudly wearing a "Banned in China" badge.
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Re:Facebook suspended the account of whistleblower who expos... by medyadaily on Monday March 19, 2018 @07:41PM (#16624489)
turkey is no china, china is a economy power, contributes a lot to the world. Turkey is nothing like that, they do contribute in promoting Jihadi and extremist version of islam but that is not the contribution you want.
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Re:Facebook suspended the account of whistleblower who expos... by lolc on Monday March 19, 2018 @08:05PM (#16624674)
In all fairness Turkey does have a sizable economy. Not clear whether that will be true in a year though. Not just humans, a lot of capital has been fleeing the seizures.
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