By Noel Young

A court in Ankara has ruled that the Turkish government cannot ban Twitter, and ordered the country’s telecommunications authority to restore access to the service, which the authorities sought to block five days ago.

The action by the government had been met with “uproar inside and outside the country about respect for freedom of expression,” said the New York Times.

It was not immediately clear whether the ruling would be appealed, or would be overtaken by a new court order.

The court had ruled in response to complaints by Turkey’s Bar Association and its journalists’ union, arguing that the Read full story ›

Source: The Drum