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Turkish internet users get creative and outsmart Twitter block

Turkish internet users get creative and outsmart Twitter block
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Turkish Internet users were quick to come up with ways around the Twitter block.

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The hashtag #TwitterisblockedinTurkey quickly became one of the top trending tags since the Twitter ban.

Twitter has published an update on how to keep on tweeting by SMS.

Turkish users: you can send Tweets using SMS. Avea and Vodafone text START to 2444. Turkcell text START to 2555.

— Policy (@policy) 20 Mars 2014

Here are some of the most creative tweets and photos:

[View the story "Turkey: Twitter ban becames Trending Topic" on Storify]

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