Turkey's another YouTube ban

A Turkish court has ordered the country's top telecommunications company to block access to popular video-sharing site YouTube because of CLIPS the court deems insulting to leading political figures.

In March, Mountain View-based Google Inc.'s YouTube site was banned in Turkey for two days after complaints that clips insulted the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. The ban was lifted after the clips were removed.

In response, a media advocacy group has criticized Turkey.
“Blocking an entire Web site because of a few videos is a disproportionate measure,” the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said. “We urge the authorities to reverse this decision.”

The latest ban involves alleges insults to Ataturk, President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the army.