Comment on X.com blocks access to Ekrem Imamoglu, leader of Turkish opposition

• FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Complying with the incumbent to silence opposition is a political decision.

  No it’s not. Did you even read the linked X Global Affairs post?

  Lack of compliance with these orders can lead to severe sanctions, including throttling of the entire platform in Türkiye. X complied with the court order while we challenge the order in court because we believe keeping the platform accessible in Türkiye is vital to supporting freedom of expression and access to information, particularly following natural disasters and other emergencies.

  It’s not a political decision, it’s a legal one. If they don’t comply then the entire site can legally be banned from the entire country, for example.

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  • sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes I read that and hold that this decision is still highly political. Technically X can choose to simply not exist in Turkey. Obviously they won’t do thos and Erdogan knows this, profit is king. This doesn’t change the fact that they are choosing to cow to threats by a dictator. Legal decisions are political and ahve political implications. Who do you think wrote those laws?

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    • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So you think that instead of complying while fighting the legal order and being able to tell users that what is happening, you think that they should pull the entire site from the country?

      They aren’t “choosing to cow to threats by a dictator” - they are following the law, and fighting the legal order through the courts.

      Come on mate lol. They’re doing the absolute most user and free speech friendly thing they can possibly do given the situation.

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      • sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I would never stoop so low as to exploit the labor of others

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