Turkish court bans Twitter, YouTube after sites fail to remove sensitive images

Turkey has banned Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube on Monday after the networks failed to remove images of militants pointing a gun at a prosecutor who was killed last week. The prosecutor died in a shootout between the left-wing militants, who held him hostage, and police.

The Facebook ban was apparently lifted, because the network complied with an order to remove the images. The other networks, however, are still banned under the court ruling. A Turkish court prosecutor has ordered internet providers to block Twitter and YouTube from users.

Turkish government officials said the images were "anti-government propaganda," The Associated Press reports.

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This isn't the first time Turkey has banned social media sites. The country blocked Twitter and YouTube access last year, when recordings of a security meeting were released on the sites, but Turkey's highest court found that ban unconstitutional, AP notes.