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X.com blocks access to Ekrem Imamoglu, leader of Turkey political opposition (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

A little context might have been nice, but then the musk hate and conspiracy theories would be harder to justify:

X restricted Imamoglu’s account in Turkey complying with a legal request by Turkish authorities who cited national security and public order concerns.

They're also challenging the legal request in court: https://x.com/GlobalAffairs/status/1920426409358455081

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

Yeah, he is forced to, but just to be clear, he will bitch for a month if this happens for thoroughly legitimate reasons in any country that is a functioning democracy e.g. UK, Brazil, Biden US, Germany, South Africa...

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