{"id":3371,"date":"2016-11-04T14:45:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T21:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=3371"},"modified":"2021-07-30T08:25:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:25:33","slug":"tired-of-people-circumventing-social-media-blocks-turkey-calls-for-vpn-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/tired-of-people-circumventing-social-media-blocks-turkey-calls-for-vpn-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Tired of people circumventing social media blocks, Turkey calls for VPN ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of a few hours ago, there\u2019s a new VPN ban in Turkey. Turkey\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/btk-vpn-servislerini-engellemeye-basladi-iste-yasaklanan-vpn-saglayayicilari,369109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Information and Communication Technologies Authority<\/a>\u00a0has issued an order to Turkish Internet service providers (ISPs) telling them to institute a VPN ban. Many Turkish internet users were using VPNs to access social media platforms after Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube were blocked last night amid ongoing military operations and political unrest, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/turkeyblocks.org\/\">Turkey Blocks<\/a>.\u00a0In addition to attempting to ban connections to VPN services, Turkish ISPs are also blocking access to VPN homepages as well as the Tor project homepage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Private Internet Access still works in Turkey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the initial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/whatsapp-twitter-facebook-youtube-blocked-turkey-following-arrest-pro-kurdish-political-party-hdp-leaders\/\">social media blocks<\/a>\u00a0early morning on 11\/04\/16, many users turned to VPNs to continue using social media. Some\u00a0users that were already connected via VPN and proxy options noticed that their connection\u00a0stopped working some 24 hours into the social media ban.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My VPN services have stopped working. Can anybody else confirm if there's some sort of VPN blocking going on? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Turkey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Turkey<\/a> (Using Tor right now)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NightOwl (@Javissko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Javissko\/status\/794582708710215680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Turkish government requests VPN ban<\/h2>\n<p>One Turkish tech media site,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/turk-internet.com\/portal\/yazigoster.php?yaziid=54465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turk-Internet<\/a> pointed out that the Turkish government\u2019s request specifically called out many popular VPN companies while leaving out smaller ones, and might be meant to encourage\u00a0Turkish activists to use insecure VPN services which are under Turkish surveillance. They also pointed out that business\u2019s VPN needs might force the Turkish government to relinquish their VPN ban within days.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Turkey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Turkey<\/a> use <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VPN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VPN<\/a> to connect social media. Now Turkish Gvt Agency asked operators to block <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VPN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VPN<\/a> services.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/racetobottom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#racetobottom<\/a> censorship <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uHiTqRgrNq\">https:\/\/t.co\/uHiTqRgrNq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ilhan tanir (@WashingtonPoint) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WashingtonPoint\/status\/794632463368785920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>A VPN ban is the definition of Internet Censorship<\/h2>\n<p>Internet censorship is a very real concern in today\u2019s world. Whether the block occurs on just a few sites, just a few porn sites, or just a few topics, it is the beginning of a slippery slope.\u00a0Just like with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/mass-surveillance-first-it-was-for-terrorism-then-it-was-for-drug-trade-and-now-its-for-unlicensed-driving\/\">mass surveillance<\/a>, starting means you are on a race to the bottom where there are no winners. Just 24 hours ago, Turkey blocked WhatsApp for the first time; now, they have issued the order to block over a dozen VPN services and the Tor Project. Whether that is even feasible remains to be seen. It is unlikely that Turkey has a technically sophisticated firewall like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/uk-national-cyber-security-centre-wants-build-great-firewall-britain\/\">Great Firewall<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/in-china-your-credit-score-is-now-affected-by-your-political-opinions-and-your-friends-political-opinions\/\">China<\/a>. Just the mere act of trying to ban VPNs and Tor reveals beyond a doubt the lack of technical knowledge in the current Turkish regime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of a few hours ago, there\u2019s a new VPN ban in Turkey. Turkey\u2019s Information and Communication Technologies Authority\u00a0has issued an order to Turkish Internet service providers (ISPs) telling them to institute a VPN ban. Many Turkish internet users were using VPNs to access social media platforms after Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube were blocked last &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/tired-of-people-circumventing-social-media-blocks-turkey-calls-for-vpn-ban\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tired of people circumventing social media blocks, Turkey calls for VPN ban&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":true,"_modified_date":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1945,1,1940,1937],"tags":[283,134,285],"class_list":["post-3371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-censorship","category-news","category-social-media","category-vpn","tag-social-media-block","tag-turkey","tag-vpn-ban"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tired of people circumventing social media blocks, Turkey calls for VPN ban<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As of a few hours ago, there&#039;s a new VPN ban in Turkey. 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