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Facebook Caved To Turkish Government Demands, Blocked Group To Protect Business Interests

Ashe Schow
Facebook Caved To Turkish Government Demands, Blocked Group To Protect Business Interests
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Facebook executives quickly decided in 2018 that it would give in to demands from the Turkish government to block Facebook posts from a militia group targeted by the country, a move that ensured Turkey wouldn’t ban the tens of millions of Facebook users in the country from the platform.

ProPublica reported:

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