By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
I have been watching Turkey very carefully over the past 36 months.
And I have been following more than one frightening move on the part of the Turkish government vis a vis civil rights and individual rights.
In short, over the past year and a half in Turkey, there have been major challenges to democratic values and individual rights.
Yesterday another such incident occurred, only this time, it was bigger and more egregious than almost every other violation.
The Turkish Parliament approved a law that permits the Communications Authority to block websites for whatever reason they deem necessary. In addition, it requires the web and service providers to track and record data about online users.
The kicker is that the information must be turned over to the government upon request. This is a major step back in terms of media and freedom of information.
Now I will watch and see if anyone gets upset about this huge and unprecedented violation of privacy.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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