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[10ebbor10]

It's been mentioned here a bit, but gets considerably less attention than increased taxation on Chinese solar panels, some more discussion about broken Italian trains, and the fact that we might possibly soon have political accord to reform our education system(which is actually doing quite fine in it's current form).

Edit: So yeah, not much attention at all.

[XXSockXX]

It's no longer the No1 story in Germany, since there are pretty bad floods in the south and east of the country, but I'd say it is still the most important non-national issue on most news sites and tv news. I think that the coverage is pretty decent, there are links, pics and videos from social media sites, background information, interviews with protesters and some thoughtful commentary. As usual I find it a bit less sensationalist than the US coverage I've seen. Turks are the largest immigrant community in Germany, so that may partially explain the interest. There have also been big solidarity rallys with several thousand people in many cities.

[Dutchling]

Here's CNNs top stories:
Proof: Sunscreen reduces skin aging
Vinegar could save thousands of lives
Plane geeks help feds fight terror
Why Cheerios ad makes folks angry 
Senator survives on deserted island 
Hiding in storm, they died in drain 
Government targets 'vampire fish' 
Inmate: Arias 'an amazing person' HLN
Wal-Mart's low wages cost taxpayers
Why the new Xbox still won't fix TV
HIV discovery almost didn't happen
Kim and Kanye's baby: Easton West?
Report: Nike to make Tiger even richer
Bus driver fired over Facebook post 
For sale: 1 BR nuclear missile silo 
Major characters die on TV's hits

Still not as bad as when they reported on the tragic events in the lives of some kids who were found guilty of raping a girl. Their young and promising lives were ruined D:

[Scoops Novel]

It put me on the international page, so i suppose that's telling.

[ragnarok97071]

I've been following this thread for a while through the 'things you haven't read yet' link...

I should probably post to watch this, huh?

Also stay safe, man. Your posts have been very informative about this whole thing.

Also: Good lord that picture @_@

[RedWarrior0]

Stay safe, and good luck.

[Max White]

Actually, I wonder what would happen if every B12 forum member banded together and founded their own country, and it somehow got national recognition.

We actually have a very accurate computer simulation of the outcome. It is called Dwarf Fortress.

[misko27]

The Times is devoted a whole page to it today, and one of the Opinion Articles was on it.

[Foamybeard]

The Times is devoted a whole page to it today, and one of the Opinion Articles was on it.

Heh... sorry for asking this, but which times? There are way too many news papers called the times... NY times, LA times, The Times...

[SalmonGod]

I noticed this morning there were claims that Facebook erased a group that was being actively used by thousands of Turkish protesters for organizing and information.

Similar to others here, no one I know has said a word about this.  I doubt the majority know it's happening.

[Parsely]

I noticed this morning there were claims that Facebook erased a group that was being actively used by thousands of Turkish protesters for organizing and information.

Similar to others here, no one I know has said a word about this.  I doubt the majority know it's happening.

Is that true? Why would Facebook do that? It doesn't really make sense, unless everyone is suddenly joining a conspiracy against the Turkish protesters. >_<

[MetalSlimeHunt]

It's certainly possible. Facebook's past actions have generally been to try to shut down anything with the potential to get them in trouble.

[SalmonGod]

I was kind of surprised, too, but Facebook seems to be weird like that.  They seem to mess with people a lot for political or edgy content, but they're extremely inconsistent about it.

For example, I know there's a group about breastfeeding that complains about being tampered with a lot.  I have a couple female friends who share their posts a lot.  One of the points they frequently make is they'll put two photos side-by-side; one a very modest photo of a women breastfeeding that doesn't even show anything other than a small amount of cleaveage, and another a very racy photo by some under-age girl.  Facebook will censor one but not the other.  Guess which one.

Anyway, that's getting kind of off-topic.  Point is it's believable that Facebook would be tampering with stuff related to events in Turkey.

[Max White]

Facebook likes to be family friendly social media. Controversy is something they tend to avoid for the most part.

[Parsely]

Facebook likes to be family friendly social media. Controversy is something they tend to avoid for the most part.

That makes sense.