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Turkey's Twitter Ban Slammed by Politicians, Public

The Turkish prime minister’s decision to block access to Twitter is “not acceptable,” the EU’s digital commissioner Neelie Kroes told CNBC, stressing that she would do her utmost to make sure the people of Turkey had freedom of speech.

Speaking to CNBC on Friday, Kroes said the move by Tayyip Erdogan was “embarrassing.”

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This article originally appeared on Recode.net.