TEMPO.CO, Ankara - A Turkish court has threatened to block access to Facebook pages that are considered to insult the Prophet Muhammad and ordered to shut down all access if it the website refuses to comply.
The order was issued on Monday, January 26, 2015, a few days after a court ruling banned access to websites displaying the controversial cover of the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, depicting the Prophet Muhammad. The decision was also the latest move by Turkey to crackdown on material that insults religion.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook would not censor content published in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks.
He added that Facebook would "never let one country or group of people dictate what people can share across the world."
However, according to statistics released by Facebook, the company has deleted 1,893 contents related to Charlie Hebdo at the request of the Turkish government.
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