First YouTube now Google being banned in Turkey

[drencrome]

Comments

[joy_mora]

This is a huuuuuuuge step backwards. It's sad really.

[glenvorian]

I feel like dragging them into this century.

[toseegrey]

I live in Turkey and thankfully we all use Youtube and Google.These bans don't prevent anyone,that's why they are so ridiculous and unnecessary.

People don't protest against them nearly enough because most of us easily find ways to get around these stupid bans.
I get embarrased for TIB and my country.

[selenia_actimel]

How do you bypass those bans? Not that I need the info, but I'm curious, can you humor me? :)

[toseegrey]

There are a few websites that lead you indirectly to youtube.
We can also change our IP address or DNS servers.

[kencf0618]

There's also the Tor Project.

https://www.torproject.org/

Bridge relays are your friends too.

[selenia_actimel]

I'm not used to linking Turkey with this kind of censorship.

Big difference between a site usually used for recreation and one that is heavily linked with businesses and work. It's going to backfire.

[brewsternorth]

I'm not used to linking Turkey with this kind of censorship.

Me neither, though I know they get *very* sensitive about anti-Turkish speech of specific kinds (concerning Ataturk, or the Armenian massacres, etc.)

[brewsternorth]

Whaaaaat.

...they've banned googleanalytics? That won't end well, more sites than just Google have that one under their bonnet. (I know; I run NoScript.)