Turkey’s battle with the Internet took a new twist on Wednesday.
A Turkish government minister said Twitter has refused to cooperate with the government, but that Facebook had responded “positively” and was “in cooperation with the state.”
Turkish Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Binali Yilderim, quoted in Turkish media, did not elaborate on what this cooperation entails. But Turkish officials have complained that social media outlets aren’t sharing user access information with prosecutors and law enforcement agencies.
The story took an additional turn later in the day, when Facebook issued a statement denying that it was cooperating with the government:
“Facebook has not provided user data to Turkish authorities in response to government requests relating to the protests. More generally, we reject all government data requests from Turkish authorities and push them to formal legal channels unless it appears that there is an immediate threat to life or a child, which has been the case in only a small fraction of the requests we have received.”
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