Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube Get Blocked in Turkey Amid Chaos

Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube were all blocked in Turkey during the attempted military coup tonight:

Confirmed: Twitter, Facebook & YouTube blocked in #Turkey at 10:50PM after apparent military uprising in #Turkey pic.twitter.com/J9ER5yOGYP

— Turkey Blocks (@TurkeyBlocks) July 15, 2016

confirmation from Dyn, an internet analysis firm, that Facebook and Twitter access was "throttled to the point of unusability" in turkey

— ಠ_ಠ (@MikeIsaac) July 15, 2016

Both Twitter and YouTube have already reacted:

We have no reason to think we’ve been fully blocked in #Turkey, but we suspect there is an intentional slowing of our traffic in country.

— Policy (@policy) July 15, 2016

YouTube spox confirmed it saw reports of intermittent access, though company says YouTube seems to be functioning normally now in region

— ಠ_ಠ (@MikeIsaac) July 15, 2016

As of this posting, it appears they are back up in Turkey, but they may get blocked again.

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