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Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] dmalteseknight 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes but they need to obey Turkish law if they want to offer their services there. Like how US websites have to show a "cookies" disclaimer within the EU due to EU privacy laws.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

they could also choose to fight it exactly like Twitter under Dorsey did and as Wikipedia did (and won). Instead they're instantly just obeying and even setting up to obey multiple other countries like Russia too.