Turkish court rules in favor of Twitter

ANKARA: Turkey’s top court ruled on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) the government violated people’s rights by banning Twitter, ordering authorities to unblock the site used to spread corruption allegations against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Constitutional Court unanimously ruled that the ban was a breach of free speech safeguarded by the Constitution, sending a statement both to the country’s telecommunications authority and the communications ministry to “do what’s necessary,” Turkish television reported.