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

FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨16⁩ ⁨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 ⁨16⁩ ⁨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 ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Elon isn’t. X is.
  
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  - Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨16⁩ ⁨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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    FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    X operates in Turkey by giving Turkish users access to the site. They either follow Turkish law or they don’t serve Turkish residents.
    
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