How people in Turkey circumvent bans on social media

Name: How people in Turkey circumvent bans on social media
Uploaded: 2014-04-04T13:39:18.000Z
Duration: 2 min 36 s
Description: Despite an official crackdown on social media, people in Turkey have found ways to circumvent the restrictions.

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Courts in Turkey have told the authorities to lift bans on Twitter and YouTube - targets of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's anger over leaked recordings now widely shared on social media.

Some people in Turkey with technological know-how were in any case able to find ways to get around the restrictions.

Zeynep Erdim reports.

Europe

4 April 2014