Website explaining Darwin’s evolution theory blocked in Turkey

PanARMENIAN.Net - A website explaining Darwin’s evolution theory is blocked for children based on new internet filters, Hurriyet Daily News reports.

The website is inaccessible for users applying a “Children Profile” to their connection, a filter designed for underage users in accord with the new internet regulations activated by the Turkish government.

The censor reportedly keeps children away from evolution theory, but allows access to websites on creation.

The editor-in-chief of Bilim Teknik, a magazine published by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey’s (TÜBİTAK), stated that the ban was not against the theory of evolution specifically.

“If that was the case, every website that used to word would have been banned. This one may have been banned for containing harmful material to children.”

The controversial new internet regulations work under two sets of filters, “family” and “children”, that block access to all websites containing material related to drugs, obscenity, terrorism and prostitution.