{"id":9145,"date":"2023-03-01T13:38:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T12:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/01\/the-internets-sewer-why-turkey-blocked-its-most-popular-social-site\/"},"modified":"2023-03-01T13:38:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T12:38:37","slug":"the-internets-sewer-why-turkey-blocked-its-most-popular-social-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/01\/the-internets-sewer-why-turkey-blocked-its-most-popular-social-site\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The internet\u2019s sewer\u2019: why Turkey blocked its most popular social site"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chaotic free speech on Ek\u015fi S\u00f6zl\u00fck finally proved too much after devastating earthquakes hit country<\/p>\n

Launched on the eve of the millennium, Turkey\u2019s most popular homegrown social media website has weathered lawsuits, criticism from the highest levels of government and even death threats directed at one of its founders. A simple editable online dictionary turned national obsession, Ek\u015fi S\u00f6zl\u00fck has for more than two decades spurred its own biting form of social satire while providing a rare haven for free expression on the Turkish internet.<\/p>\n

But this year\u2019s earthquakes that upended life across Turkey may prove to be the death knell for Ek\u015fi S\u00f6zl\u00fck, which was abruptly blocked across the country in the weeks after the earthquakes first struck, without proper explanation.<\/p>\n

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\nChaotic free speech on Ek\u015fi S\u00f6zl\u00fck finally proved too much after devastating earthquakes hit country
\nLaunched on the eve of the millennium, Turkey\u2019s most popular homegrown social media website has weathered lawsuits, criticism from the highest levels of government and even death threats directed at one of its founders. A simple editable online dictionary turned national obsession, Ek\u015fi S\u00f6zl\u00fck has for more than two decades spurred its own biting form of social satire while providing a rare haven for free expression on the Turkish internet.
\nBut this year\u2019s earthquakes that upended life across Turkey may prove to be the death knell for Ek\u015fi S\u00f6zl\u00fck, which was abruptly blocked across the country in the weeks after the earthquakes first struck, without proper explanation. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chaotic free speech on Ek\u015fi S\u00f6zl\u00fck finally proved too much after devastating earthquakes hit country Launched on the eve of the millennium, Turkey\u2019s most popular homegrown social media website has weathered lawsuits, criticism from the highest levels of government and even death threats directed at one of its founders. A simple editable online dictionary turned …<\/p>\n

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