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April 18, 2014 01:47 am GMT

Is Turkey Really Going to 'Pixelate' Tweets It Doesn't Like?

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The Turkish government will now pixelate or blur all "malicious" content on Twitter, according to the local Dogan News Agency

Twitter has also agreed to implement court orders "quickly" and to "act meticulously" to shut down fake accounts, said Turkey's Communications Minister Lutfi Elvan in a statement Thursday

See also: 'Twitter, Mtwitter!': Turkish Prime Minister's 9 Craziest Quotes About Social Media

After two days of meetings between a Twitter delegation and government officials, Turkey said the parties agreed on how to deal with content that the Turkish government doesn't want its citizens to see. "We have reached a consensus to neutralize malicious content that is the object of court decisions by pixelating," said Elvan. Read more...

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