Turkish court: tweets fall under freedom of speech

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Twitter need of the Turkish court no tweets to delete, in which prime minister Erdogan of corruption is accused. The social-networking site, had the case been brought after the few messages about a corruption scandal had need to remove.

The outcome of the case was by Twitter announced via its blog. According to the Turkish judge may be the social-networking site should not be required to tweets to make it inaccessible if requested by the government. Twitter relied on the freedom of speech, something the judge in started. In the ruling, the judge states that governments and their citizens are not allowed to restrict the expression of their opinion.

Twitter had a number of messages to delete, when the Turkish prime minister Erdogan of corruption was accused. Although the social networking sites are so-called Country Withheld Content tool was used to from the tweets in Turkey are invisible, tensed, at the same time filed a lawsuit. By the court’s ruling can Twitter the conscious messages again accessible in Turkey.

In addition to the demand for certain tweets to make it inaccessible forbade the Turkish government also the access to the Twitter website. A Turkish court ruled earlier that this blockade is unjust, which this now again is raised. Meanwhile, Turkey has, however, YouTube is blocked.