Users can now access video sharing platform YouTube after two months of being banned by the Turkish government.

This was after the highest court in the country ordered authorities to restore access of the video sharing platform, saying that the ban on YouTube has infringe users’ rights to freedom of expression.

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YouTube was banned late last March after videos showing alleged officials committing corruption were posted on the social video sharing site. This was not a first for YouTube after having been banned in the country in 2007 and was restored access in 2010.

The government in Turkey has passed a highly controversial law this year that allow regulators to ban any web portal without needing an order from a court. The ban on YouTube followed the restriction on microblogging site Twitter, which was also lifted a month ago.

YouTube has remained to be blocked by authorities even as decisions from lower courts calling officials to halt the restrictions.

The government of Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan was snubbed after the higher court issued an order to stop the ban on YouTube. The Prime Minister has been a sharp critic of multiple social media sites that have posted his alleged corrupt actions and the members of his government.

Social media sites YouTube and Twitter were banned in Turkey after recordings of government meetings were leaked and circulated in the country. One recording showed a senior army official talking about the intervention in Syria and disclosed corruption information among people who were close to the prime minister.

At the time of imposing the ban, the country’s telecoms regulator said that it was a precautionary administrative move.

Meanwhile, social network platform Ask.fm joined other social web portals in Turkey’s banned list after publishing a memo from the Department of Telecommunications confirming the restriction move. This was according to Millyet, a Turkish newspaper, reported on Monday.

However, Ask.fm said that the ban may have been shorter than expected after its external relations director told BBC that the web portal’s service in Turkey is running and stable.

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