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Turkish courts blocked nearly 3,000 online articles in 2018 (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News March 18, 2019

As well as censoring many critical news sites, the authorities occasionally block entire online platforms such as Blogspot and SoundCloud; Wikipedia has been inaccessible in Turkey since 2017.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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