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

Turkish court orders Twitter, YouTube ban after sites fail to remove images of militants pointing gun at slain prosecutor
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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.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.