Today on the net, the death of a demonstrator sparks fresh protests across Turkey. Iranian government officials joining social networks. And a mobile phone that lasts: it could be a thing of the future.
Turkish protester Ahmet Atakan’s death sparks clashes
As we can see from these amateur pictures shared on social networks, thousands have taken part in demonstrations across Turkey after a young protester was killed on Monday during clashes with police in the south of the country.
Web users have been circulating calls to protest on Facebook, to pay tribute to Ahmet Atakan the sixth protester to have died since the start of the anti-government protests in June.
And Twitter users have been sharing these messages written in the first person on behalf of the 22-year-old protester. Tweets that claim the police killed him when they threw a tear gas grenade at him, hitting him in the head.
But the Turkish authorities have put forward a different version of events, posting a statement online which claims Ahmet Atakan died after he fell from a building whilst throwing stones at police.
Police are under increasing scrutiny from web users who, in videos like these ones, denounce the excessive use of force. We see footage of clashes between protesters and police, apparently filmed in Istanbul on Tuesday in the vicinity of Taksim Square, the epicenter of the anti-government protests that began three months ago: a movement that appears to have found second wind.
Iran: government officials join Facebook and Twitter
Iran’s new president, Hassan Rohani, who was elected in June, has been encouraging his ministers to open accounts on social networks in a bid to improve the country... Go on reading on our web site.
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