Comment on Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government

PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Trail@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Probably said something bad about their current dictator.

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  • themurphy@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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

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    • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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    • boramalper@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Their account is still available outside of Turkey so check it out for yourself: 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.

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      • themurphy@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • PanArab@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    He isn’t a dictator, he actually survived a military coup, and unlike his nationalist opponents he has welcomed refugees.

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    • T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      He’s an authoritarian who silences dissent, and the coup has a bunch of questionable bits.

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    • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      as a turkish citizen, he is a fucking dictator. The day will come when he will be held accountable for all his crimes.

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    • yournamehere@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      he is a dictator. stop shittin yourself. if you make your relatives head of the baninking system you are a dictator. a shitty one too as it seems from the cost of living in istanbul. cant mention the genocides against armenians or kuds. total fail in cyprus. man what a loser.

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      • PanArab@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No, that’s nepotism. He wins elections and is popular.

        If your criteria is failing to admit to genocides, then every Western “democracy” is a dictatorship, except perhaps Ireland.

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  • cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or maby he was selling some grass

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    • Trail@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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