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Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/ssg.dev/post/3lmuz3nr62k26

Email from Bluesky in the screenshot:

Hi there,

We are writing to inform you that we have received a formal request from a legal authority in Turkey regarding the removal of your account associated with the following handle (@carekavga.bsky.social) on Bluesky.

The legal authority has claimed that this content violates local laws in Turkey. As a result, we are required to review the request in accordance with local regulations and Bluesky's policies.

Following a thorough review, we have determined that the content in question violates local laws in Turkey, as outlined in the legal request. In compliance with these legal provisions, we have restricted access to your account for users.

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 2 days ago

And now you know why corporations and politicians don't use mastodon

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What the fuck? Is bsky hosted there? Why do they fucking care?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Because they're focused on just user numbers probably and many people from Turkey recently moved there. This decision might of course cause a decline anyway.

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