Turkey lifts ban on YouTube

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Turkey lifted a controversial ban on video steaming site, YouTube, on Tuesday, June 3, days after the country’s top court ruled in favor of ending the ban. The government blocked YouTube on March 27 after it was used to leak alleged audio recordings of top government, military and spy officials discussing military action in neighboring war-torn Syria. But Turkey’s constitutional court said that the ban violated individual rights and freedoms. The government earlier scrapped a similar ban on Twitter. Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has openly voiced his anger at Twitter and other social media sites for inciting anger against his administration.

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