I took a surprising step recently. twitter, “We have blocked access to some content in Turkey” he said.
Official on thisTwitter Global Government AffairsThe statement made on the ” account in both English and Turkish is as follows: had happened: “Pursuant to court decisions regarding the blocking of access to Twitter, and In order to ensure that Twitter remains available for use in Turkey,, We have blocked access to some content in Turkey. Within the framework of our policies, we have informed the relevant account holders about these transactions. Blocked content will continue to be available in the rest of the world.” This step, taken before the most important election in the history of Turkey, drew quite a reaction on Twitter. Elon Musk stated that they would provide extra information on the subject. Here this information has just arrived, officially by the platform: shared: “Today we would like to give a briefing about our Türkiye policy. We were negotiating with the Turkish Government over the past week and they told us that Twitter is the only social media outlet that does not comply with all current court orders. After several such warnings, we received a warning that we believe there is a recent threat of band throttling to Twitter, so we have blocked access to 4 accounts and 409 Tweets to keep Twitter available during the weekend’s election. We have raised our concerns about freedom of expression directly to the authorities.
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We will continue to challenge court decisions here, as we do with all requests, but there was no other legal remedy available just prior to voting. So far, five court orders have been issued against Twitter regarding content subject to access restrictions, and we have appealed four of them. While one of our objections was dismissed, the other three court decisions are still being reviewed by the relevant courts. We will appeal the fifth court decision tomorrow. Below we publish a copy of the court orders and regulatory agency correspondence regarding the blocking proceedings.” The images that Twitter mentions in the message can be seen directly in the Tweet below.
— Twitter Global Government Affairs (@GlobalAffairs) May 15, 2023