Turkey bans Twitter -- and Twitter explodes

March 21, 2014 21:22

This was the last thing Erdogan said Thursday before the lights went out on Twitter near midnight. "We now have a court order,' declared Erdogan, who's ensnared in a scandal inflamed by social media over recordings that purportedly reveal corruption in his administration.

"We'll eradicate Twitter. I don't care what the international community says. Everyone will witness the power of the Turkish Republic.'There's no arguing: it has been witnessed.

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