Turkey blocked a Google service used by Turks to circumvent a similar ban on Twitter as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government tries to stem the spreading of leaks from a corruption probe before local elections, Hurriyet newspaper said.
The government prevented access to Google DNS today, Hurriyet and Haberturk newspapers said. DNS was created in the 1980s to help computers find websites using words instead of numbers. Turks used the service yesterday to access Twitter after the government blocked the social media site. Calls to Erdogan's office and the country's telecommunication watchdog went unanswered.
Erdogan promised on March 20 to stop the leaks that threaten his government ahead of March 30 local elections, drawing condemnation from the US and European Union. The prime minister has also said he may ban Facebook and YouTube, where users have shared videos, recordings and transcripts that were first leaked via Twitter. The government is struggling to block access to almost daily leaks primarily from two anonymous user accounts. The government says the recordings are assembled by montage.
The government prevented access to Google DNS today, Hurriyet and Haberturk newspapers said. DNS was created in the 1980s to help computers find websites using words instead of numbers. Turks used the service yesterday to access Twitter after the government blocked the social media site. Calls to Erdogan's office and the country's telecommunication watchdog went unanswered.
Erdogan promised on March 20 to stop the leaks that threaten his government ahead of March 30 local elections, drawing condemnation from the US and European Union. The prime minister has also said he may ban Facebook and YouTube, where users have shared videos, recordings and transcripts that were first leaked via Twitter. The government is struggling to block access to almost daily leaks primarily from two anonymous user accounts. The government says the recordings are assembled by montage.
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