Turkey finally lifts the blocking Twitter

The first episode of the saga vs Turkey. Internet finally ends: Twitter is accessible again!

There it is, the news came: Turkey finally lifts the blocking Twitter! If you've followed the case, I invite you to skip to the next paragraph. On March 20, the Turkish government decided to ban Twitter to avoid noises mingled Prime Minister in a corruption case. A week later, the Turkish Justice stated that this decision was unacceptable , and assimilated to censorship. The government seemed unwilling to oppose the judgment, yet the social network was stuck until today.

And this is Thursday, April 3 that the Turkish justice has challenged before its decision to lift the embargo on Twitter. Surprisingly, this time the government seems to have given up. Since this afternoon, Twitter is available again in a completely 'normal'. We recall that it was always possible for Turkish to visit the site by devious means (SMS, VPN ...). It must be said that the voices began to rise more against the decision of the Turkish government. The opposition, associations or the U.S. State Department have all manifested their disapproval.

What are the results of this censorship? First, it encouraged the Turks to go more on the social network, more than ever, attended Twitter. Second, it allowed city to proceed without having to suffer the "consequences" of the alleged corruption case, elections resulted in a victory for the ruling party. Things would have been different if Twitter was not blocked? We'll never know. The Turkish government has sought, with its authoritarian decisions, win in the eyes of the international community: "  I do not care what the international community can say "Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister.

This is encouraging news for relations between Turkey and the Internet. Access to YouTube rest, he still stuck in the country . Hope that the fate of the video platform is similar to the social network.