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Censorship on Online Casino Industry

The issue of internet censorship is one that has really permeated the online casino gambling industry over the past two years and sparked controversy in nations all over the world. The two most notable countries in the internet censorship debate have long been China and Australia. Australia is in the process of a very blatant and invasive censorship of internet content from online casinos to pornography and other sites deemed inappropriate. China on the other hand goes far beyond just blocking porn and gambling and the content filters and internet censorship extends into the media as well. Often overlooked, however, is Turkey. Turkey has the largest censored content in the world, blocking 4,000 websites as a part of the effort.

Online casinos and all forms of internet gambling are most certainly on the list of blocked sites. But there are others that simply do not make a lot of sense. Just recently Turkish internet users have noted that several Google services and pages are now blocked as well. In fact, Google Maps has been blocked by the Turkish filters as well as Google Analytics. What has frustrated online casino gamblers and general internet users is the fact that the government has given no warning that new sites were getting added to the list. Online casinos have been consistently blocked since 2007, but the other sites have been slowly added to the list over the past several years, growing Turkey’s list beyond the 4,000 mark.

There are ways for Turkish citizens to get around some of the blocks through proxies and other services because really the internet censorship was intended mostly for the online casinos and internet gambling sites but has now morphed into a massive censorship effort that overshadows the original purpose and places severe restrictions on civil liberties.