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

Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

How is censoring a politician “standing up for free speech”?
“full oh shit” = not a “free speech absolutist”. “free speech absolutist” implies that you will not censor any speech no matter what.

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FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You don’t seem to understand how the legal system and governments work.

They issued a legal request to censor his account in Turkey. Failure to do so would result in severe consequences for X, such as having to take X offline for all of Turkey.

X complied with the law and are challenging the censorship request in court, the only place that has the power to overrule the government.

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- Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  You don’t seem to understand how the legal system and governments work.
  
  I am not a lawyer but I do understand how jurisdictions work. Elon is not in theirs.
  
  Failure to do so would result in severe consequences for X, such as having to take X offline for all of Turkey.
  
  If he were a “free speech absolutist” as he claims, he would let them.
  
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  - FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Elon isn’t. X is.
    
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    Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    X is.
    
    No it is not. Twitter is a US company with US servers. If you want to argue that the US is now a territory of Turkey, please cite a source.
    
    I did answer your question.
    
    No you didn’t.
    
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