A press organization and two internet law experts today filed two complaints against the Twitter in Turkey.
The Union of Turkish Journalists, a very large organization with 3,300 members, filed a complaint in a court in Ankara, while two lawyers specialized in Internet law challenged the ban in the Constitutional Court of Turkey, as first reported by the New York Times.
Both complaints argue that the ban violates the right to freedom of information, which is protected by the Turkish Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights. The Constitutional Court of Turkey, notes the Times, has the authority to overturn the ban, but it is not clear whether the two complaints have any chance of success under the Turkish regime.
Turkey blocked the social network on Thursday, but Turkish users of the social network have apparently found ways to bypass the block.
On Sunday, the Turkish government responded by blocking the social network's IP address and Google's DNS , but Turkish users are still using Twitter through Virtual Private Networks and the Tor network.
The international community condemned the ban and asked Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to grant access to the social network. Both the White House and the State Department issued statements on Friday, noting that the ban contradicts the freedoms of the Turkish people. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a fervent supporter of internet freedom, posted via the social network:
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