Last week, as Facebook was issuing a statement denying that it had turned over user information on Turkish protesters to the Turkish government, the Turkish daily Akşam was reporting that police gave Istanbul prosecutors a list of 35 people who could face prosecution for insulting Prime Minister Erdogan or other government officials on Twitter and Facebook during the protests. Facebook's denial came hours after the Turkish daily Hurriyet and online news service Bianet quoted Binali Yildirim, the Turkish Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications as saying that Facebook had responded "positively" to Turkish government requests for information identifying users who wrote or...
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