fastcompany : Turkey has blocked Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp

Turkey has blocked Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp

• Ratings giant Nielsen is standing by an earlier report that revealed huge subscriber declines at many cable networks.ESPN (the most expensive network for cable companies to carry) disputed the report.Nielsen pulled it down at first, but after an internal analysis, it now says the numbers are sound, Variety reports.• Also from Variety, ABC has apologized after it was revealed that a segment featuring a crime scene was actually staged.
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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and WhatsApp blocked in Turkey

Turkey is reportedly blocking access to Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, and YouTube following the arrests of at least 11 pro-Kurdish politicians.According to Internet monitoring group Turkey Blocks, access to these sites has been throttled at the ISP level and is apparently affecting "the majority of Internet users."The current Internet user headcount in Turkey is understood to stand at more than 47 million out of a population just shy of 75 million.Its most recent report, posted on Thursday night, says that almost all major ISPs—starting with national provider TTNet and Turkcell—are affected.
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Turkey blocks access to Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp

Turkey has blocked access to several social media sites including Facebook and Twitter, according to an internet monitoring group in the country.Beginning Friday at around 1.20 a.m. local time, access was restricted for WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, TurkeyBlocks said.This was done by domestic internet service providers "throttling" – or slowing down – connection to these sites.It's not the first time these services have been blocked by Turkey and it often happens when the government looks to suppress media coverage or wide-spread discussion of topics.
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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and WhatsApp shutdown in Turkey

821 SHARES Share TweetThe TurkeyBlocks monitoring network has detected restrictions on access to multiple social media services Facebook, Twitter and YouTube throughout Turkey beginning Friday Nov 04 2016 1:20AM local time, ongoing through into Friday afternoon.Restrictions on messaging services WhatsApp, Skype and Instagram have also now been detected, validating widespread user complaints about WhatsApp service failure in Turkey – the first time nationwide restrictions have been detected on the popular messaging apps in recent years.The incident is believed to be related to the detention of multiple leaders of opposition political party HDP, accompanied by raids of the HDP headquarters in Ankara.Confirmed: Twitter, Facebook and YouTube blocked by throttling in #Turkey – developing incidenthttps://t.co/XA9JZaxn54 pic.twitter.com/3sAjwikGY5 — Turkey Blocks (@TurkeyBlocks) November 3, 2016TurkeyBlocks monitoring probes have identified throttling at the ISP level as the source of slowdowns, with the majority of internet users affected at the time of measurement.
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