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Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/ssg.dev/post/3lmuz3nr62k26

Email from Bluesky in the screenshot:

Hi there,

We are writing to inform you that we have received a formal request from a legal authority in Turkey regarding the removal of your account associated with the following handle (@carekavga.bsky.social) on Bluesky.

The legal authority has claimed that this content violates local laws in Turkey. As a result, we are required to review the request in accordance with local regulations and Bluesky's policies.

Following a thorough review, we have determined that the content in question violates local laws in Turkey, as outlined in the legal request. In compliance with these legal provisions, we have restricted access to your account for users.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Probably said something bad about their current dictator.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Probably, but it could also have been incredibly racist and whats worse.

This guy really needs to show what he posted. Why hide that.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Yeah. Fascist criminals like Yaxley-Lennon in the UK cry about their free speech, and when you look at the cases it's stuff like trying to intimidate juries, or inciting crowds to set fire to buildings containing asylum seekers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Their account is still available outside of Turkey so check it out for yourself: https://bsky.app/profile/carekavga.bsky.social

10 posts only, most of which are after their account got censored, so just a couple introductory posts before that's all. I suspect the government requested its takedown because the account belonged to a politically active person that was influential enough to cause worry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

If its because hes part of the opposition, its worrying. But Bluesky mentions he also violates their ToS, so it might be worse in some way.

Theres too much missing information to make an opinion, but we should keep an eye out either way for more examples of this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Or maby he was selling some grass

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I guess that could be in theory, but I would assume that would just lead to a visit in his home rather than a ban of his account.