How Turkish Users Learned How To Beat Censorship
Fresh and interesting article from TorrentFreak about how Turkey’s Prime Minister, Erdogan, failed at banning Twitter, as local citizens found easy workarounds with tech tools, such as VPNs and DNS. Enjoy the reading! "Friday's news that the Turkish government had banned its citizens from accessing Twitter was depressing but an opportunity to be embraced. Forewarned is forearmed, and the fact that Turks are learning how to beat censorship with VPNs and DNS tricks better prepares them for the future. Two days ago on the campaign trail ahead of end-of-March elections, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan showed his Internet naivety by doing something extremely silly. In the midst of a corruption scandal he first threatened and then carried through with an outright ban of Twitter. “I don’t care what the international community says at all. Everyone will see the power of the Turkish Republic,” Erdogan said on Thursday. Angry that Twitter did not respond to request...