White House urges Turkey to lift Twitter ban

Published March 21, 2014 12:00am ET



The White House on Friday said they were “deeply concerned” by the Turkish government’s move to block access in their country to Twitter and urged them to lift the ban.

“The United States is deeply concerned that the Turkish government has blocked its citizens’ access to basic communication tools,” said the White House in a statement.

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