09-02-2015 16:21 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Turkey tops countries demanding content removal - Twitter

By Humeyra Pamuk and Jonny Hogg ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey filed over five times more content removal requests to Twitter than any other country in the second half of 2014, data published by the micro-blogging site showed on Monday. The figures are likely to reinforce fears of a crackdown on Internet freedom in the predominantly Muslim NATO state where President Tayyip Erdogan has said he is determined to stamp out what he sees as illegal online activities. Twitter's transparency report sh
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