YouTube cedes to Turkey and uses local Web domain
Turkey and YouTube have a checkered past, so today’s news isn’t a big surprise — the video-sharing site will now operate under a local Web domain — “com.tr” — and be subject to the country’s content regulations and taxes.
According to Reuters, Turkey had been working to get YouTube to agree to this set-up for some time.
“This is an important development,” Turkish Transport and Communications Minister Binali Yildirim told Reuters. “For a long time we have made a call to Internet firms in Turkey: ‘You are operating in this country, you must be resident here.'”
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