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"The Turkish Government blocked Twitter a few days ago after it\u00A0was used to expose alleged government corruption.\u00A0Turkish residents began using\u00A0Google's public DNS service\u00A0to circumvent the block.\r\n\r\nToday, a\u00A0publication based in Turkey\u00A0is reporting that the Turkish government has also blocked Google's DNS service, making it even harder to circumvent the ban. Those in Turkey are still able to use VPN services to access Twitter, but it's clear the government is not backing down yet.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNews of DNS workarounds had spread quickly within the country; tweets sent from inside Turkey\u00A0were up over 138%\u00A0compared to before the censoring of the service was implemented.\r\n\r\nCNET also reports today that YouTube is at risk of being censored in Turkey as well. The video service has started to receive a large amount of requests from authorities in Turkey requesting that videos be taken down, but the company refuses to remove the videos as it supports a &amp;quot;free and open Internet.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nTwitter's lawyers met with the Turkish government yesterday, but it's not clear if the meeting will result in changes to the ongoing censorship of the service.\r\n\r\nUpdate:\u00A0Turkey is now blocking Twitter's IP addresses at the ISP level in the country so that users aren't able to use any DNS services to circumvent the block.\r\nRenesys confirms Twitter IP addresses are now blocked by several Turkish providers #TwitterisblockedinTurkey pic.twitter.com/pqVKOVcFJx\r\n\r\n\u2014 Renesys Corporation (@renesys) March 22, 2014\r\n\u27A4\u00A0Turkey widens Internet censorship\r\n\r\nImage via\u00A0DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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