It is not surprising that Turkey, which has in the past used the censorship against Armenians and Kurds, is currently used against other groups and that this should be ordered to spread said Julian Assange founder WikiLeaks
Julian Assange was speaking on Friday via a video conference at the Internet Ungovernance Forum (IUF), an alternative to the UN forum Internet Governance Forum (IGF), held in Istanbul last week.
He recalled that the censure passed arguments against the Kurds and against calls for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide in 1915.
His speech resonance Stand face to the IUF, held in a country where more than 51 000 sites are currently blocked. Turkey also banned YouTube and Twitter in the past in an attempt by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to silence anonymous groups denouncing the alleged government corruption.
The president of Turkey has repeatedly called social media, including Twitter, forces nuisance gathering agitators and alleged coup plotters. The IUF brought together academics, activists and others who ask “free internet, secure and open to the people.”
WikiLeaks founder appeared as a surprise guest to the IUF, which was held on September 4 and 5 at the last session of the event. He noted, in response to a question from the audience in Turkey, “It seems clear that the freedom of Turkish media is declining,” adding that Turkey currently has the largest number of journalists in prison.
In response to a question about the general supervision of the Internet, Assange said, “censorship and surveillance are two sides of the same coin,” and they rely on the same mechanisms. “The authority should come from the legitimate exercise of power, not censorship,” he has said.
Based on an article in the Turkish newspaper Zaman of September 7, 2014