Twitter and Facebook have been blocked by throttling for more than 24 hours following the bombing on Istiklal Street, Taksim, Istanbul yesterday.
After today's #Taksim terror attack, this is how #Turkey denied citizens of the right to seek information#KeepItOn pic.twitter.com/Bzp5Qpnnw4
— Turkey Blocks (@TurkeyBlocks) March 19, 2016
As shown in data compiled by the TurkeyBlocks project, there were widespread complaints of slow access to social media platforms, to the extent of making them completely inaccessible, which signals an extrajudicial shutdown of social media applications. This alleged “network throttling” came at a time when citizens relied most on independent news and social media, and directly infringes on people’s right to access information.
