Comment on X.com blocks access to Ekrem Imamoglu, leader of Turkish opposition
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 months agoif they don’t they will face criminal charges
The Turkish government does not have the authority to enforce criminal charges on an American person/company.
Even fediverse instance owners would be forced to block his accounts under threat of fines and/or prosecution.
Only if the instance owners/servers were in Turkey.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 months ago
Criminal charges was probably the wrong word, but that’s being pedantic. The company operates in Turkey and allows Turkish people to use the product, so they have to follow Turkish laws. The Turkish government can file legal charges against them for failure to comply.
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 months ago
It’s not. At all.
No, they wouldn’t. Once again, Turkey has no authority over people and servers not located in their jurisdiction.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 months ago
The Turkish government has legal authority over companies that are serving their citizens.
Why do you think the GDPR laws were such a big deal even outside of the UK?
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 months ago
No. They don’t. You can keep repeating this non-sense but it’s simply untrue.