http://dbtb.org/2007/08/23/dbtb-condemns-censorship-of-wordpresscom-by-turkey/ Speaking up Against Internet Censorship, the world over Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:51:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dbtb.org/2007/08/23/dbtb-condemns-censorship-of-wordpresscom-by-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-7856 car id Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:08:54 +0000 http://dbtb.org/2007/08/23/dbtb-condemns-censorship-of-wordpresscom-by-turkey/#comment-7856 Free speech in the internet is a really vague notion. The principle of freedom of speech is also embedded in the Internet's robust architecture. Because of the Internet's robust design, it is impossible to completely block access to information except in very limited and controlled circumstances, such as when blocking access to a specific site from a home computer, or when using a firewall to block certain sites from employees on a workplace network. Free speech in the internet is a really vague notion. The principle of freedom of speech is also embedded in the Internet’s robust architecture. Because of the Internet’s robust design, it is impossible to completely block access to information except in very limited and controlled circumstances, such as when blocking access to a specific site from a home computer, or when using a firewall to block certain sites from employees on a workplace network.

]]> http://dbtb.org/2007/08/23/dbtb-condemns-censorship-of-wordpresscom-by-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-6969 DBTB Protests Against the Wordpress.com Blockage in Thailand : Don’t Block the Blog Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:53:33 +0000 http://dbtb.org/2007/08/23/dbtb-condemns-censorship-of-wordpresscom-by-turkey/#comment-6969 [...] a few days earlier Turkey had gone through a similar blockage of the entire Wordpress.com domain being blocked for Turkish users. Reports are now coming in that Thailand has also sadly scummed to a similar bout [...] [...] a few days earlier Turkey had gone through a similar blockage of the entire WordPress.com domain being blocked for Turkish users. Reports are now coming in that Thailand has also sadly scummed to a similar bout [...]

]]> http://dbtb.org/2007/08/23/dbtb-condemns-censorship-of-wordpresscom-by-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-6966 Official Press Release — Geography, Telecast Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:46:48 +0000 http://dbtb.org/2007/08/23/dbtb-condemns-censorship-of-wordpresscom-by-turkey/#comment-6966 [...] via DBTB: The lawyers of Adnan Oktar have accused a Turkish blogger, Edip Yuksel, of running a slander campaign against their client, Adnan Oktar. In this regard upholding their petition in court the Fatih 2nd Civil Court of First Instance, number 2007/195, has ordered the Turkish authorities to block all access to the entire Wordpress.com domain in Turkey. Oktar’s lawyers go on to argue with the administrators of the Wordpress organization to remove and prohibit any blogs on the site that may contain any reference to Adnan Oktar or his pen name Harun Yahya, or any combination of the four names. [...] [...] via DBTB: The lawyers of Adnan Oktar have accused a Turkish blogger, Edip Yuksel, of running a slander campaign against their client, Adnan Oktar. In this regard upholding their petition in court the Fatih 2nd Civil Court of First Instance, number 2007/195, has ordered the Turkish authorities to block all access to the entire WordPress.com domain in Turkey. Oktar’s lawyers go on to argue with the administrators of the WordPress organization to remove and prohibit any blogs on the site that may contain any reference to Adnan Oktar or his pen name Harun Yahya, or any combination of the four names. [...]

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