Civil liberties groups have called on Facebook to reinstate Zed’s page Photograph: Thomas White/REUTERS
The Guardian: Publisher's Facebook page deleted after posting criticism of Turkish government
The UK-based Zed Books’ page was removed with no warning after it ran a series of posts about its books on the Turkish government.
Facebook has denied involvement in the deletion of the page of a London-based academic publisher who had published articles that criticised the Turkish government and discussed the outlawed (in Turkey) Kurdistan Workers party.
The deletion sparked accusations of censorship against the social network, which has often been accused of siding with the Turkish government in battles over free speech. But Facebook says it did not delete the page, and Zed Books accepts the claim. Both companies say they are trying to discover how the page was removed from the site, and who by.
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Update: Publisher's Facebook Page Removed After Posts About Turkish Politics (Fortune)
WNU Editor: It appears that this Facebook page was hacked .... not removed .... Zed Books' Facebook page removal 'result of hacking' (Bookseller).
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