While it is not strange for some web companies to be blocked in less liberal countries, it were services like YouTube or MySpace the usual suspect of getting blocked in such countries because they distribute either media or action that go against the perspective of the government of such nations. this is the first time that a widget related company had been banned.
This news was shared in the Slide Blog as a notice to Turkish Users:
“If you use Slide in Turkey, you’ve probably noticed that you are no longer able to access the Slide website or our applications (you may not even be able to access this post). The Turkish government has accused Slide of “harboring pictures and articles that are considered to be insulting to Ataturk,” founder of the republic.”
I obviously find this foolish, i can only imagine that if a Widget Company can get banned the only weirder thing to be banned could be either twitter or Friendfeed while we are at it.
But i wonder if we are going to see more Widget related Censorship after this? and from what country.
Note to Slide users in Turkey via SlideBlog
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Twitter was banned in the UAE, starting last summer. Not sure if it’s still banned.
@Curt:
i remember reading it was a supposed “misunderstanding” or error of some kind.