Access to social media and messaging services is blocked in Turkey. Restrictions on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Skype were detected Thursday, according to Internet monitoring group Turkey Blocks. It appears the government is throttling social networks at the ISP level, slowing down major providers TTNet and Turkcell; smaller ISPs like UyduNet are not affected at this point, Turkey Blocks says. Turkey has a long history of social media unrest: In late 2010, the country reinstated a ban on YouTube, days after a 2.5-year embargo was lifted. Last year, the Family and Social Policies Ministry of Turkey attempted to ban Minecraft because the game allegedly advocates brutality among children.

Source: Fox News November 04, 2016 14:48 UTC