Presidency of Telecommunication and Communication

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The Directorate of Telecommunication and Communication was Turkey's telecom authority prior to being shut down in August 2016. The organization's acronym in Turkish "TIB" had become synonymous for internet censorship by the time of closure due to its appearance on tens of thousands of internet block pages.{{Cite news|url=https://d8news.com/turkey-shuts-tib-internet-surveillance-censorship-bureau-1327|title=Turkey shuts down TIB internet surveillance and censorship bureau - D8 News|date=2016-08-15|newspaper=D8 News|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-22}} It was part of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority, which is now directly responsible for duties previously tasked to the directorate.{{cite web|url=http://www.tib.gov.tr/en/|title=Official site}}

Its 2014 blocking of Twitter was ruled to be unconstitutional.[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-twitter-ban-idUSBREA311BF20140402 Turkey's Twitter ban violates free speech: constitutional court]