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

submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by boramalper@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] quack@lemmy.zip 45 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Did anyone actually expect Bluesky to be different to any other corporate-run social media platform? What was the point of jumping from one to another?

Just more proof that FOSS and proper decentralisation (yes I know that Bluesky is technically federated but this halfway house shit they’re doing is not proper decentralisation) that are the only things that will save us.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 17 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Is anyone surprised?

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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 16 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That didn't take long

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago

Clear from the beginning.

[–] TON618@lemmy.world 16 points 4 hours ago

For some reason people expect things from Bluesky but people forget Bluesky is basicly just new Twitter. There's really no reason to expect "better" from this new platform.

[–] Naevermix@lemmy.world 23 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

What's the point of Bluesky if they're just going to bow before authoritarianism?

[–] quack@lemmy.zip 26 points 4 hours ago

There isn’t one as far as I’m concerned. People moved from one corpo social media platform to another corpo social media platform thinking that the person running the former platform was the problem, when the entire model is designed to prioritise profit over human expression.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Well it gives everyone the opportunity to blindly believe everything will be better because it's not twitter.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

Its a vc funded for profit. They have no choice.

This has been a major red flag that everyone on bsky is just ignoring.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

For a company like blue sky, you bow to all governments, or you bow to none. One way you become so milquetoast nobody wants to use you because nothing interesting is ever said. The other way you become 4chan.

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[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

The site/system made by the guy who enabled Trump and Neo-Nazis to be platformed is bowing down to authoritarians? I'm shocked, shocked to find out that the rich person obeys the other rich people!

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 2 hours ago

Ahem. Fuck Thanksgiving bird country. That's all.

[–] aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee 43 points 6 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/ssg.dev/post/3lmvrdmkdnc2d

Censorship requests from the Turkish government are only being applied in the official bluesky app. Third-party apps continue to show censored posts. Feels like that might be relevant

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 27 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Because they are a company and a board of ethical leaders to ensure it doesn't turn to shit is no guarantee it doesn't turn to shit. BlueSky is something a corporate mindset person creates because that's the only thing they know. Have a problem to solve? Needs company + board.

[–] obsidianfoxxy7870@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I don't get why they listened to the Turkish government. There not (to my understanding) registered there or have any kind of assests there.

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 3 points 3 hours ago

My naive guess is that if the Turkish government ban access to BlueSky for not complying, that cuts into user count and therefore profitability.

[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

let's hope they stop at that and don't give out their info like yahoo did before for china and other oppressive governments

[–] secretlyaddictedtolinux@lemmy.world 54 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I can't believe it! Someone who chose to use a centralized platform instead of Nostr was banned?! It's so shocking!

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 7 hours ago

Who could've ever predicted this?!?

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[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 43 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

What was the post

[–] Trail@lemmy.world 15 points 6 hours ago (7 children)

Probably said something bad about their current dictator.

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Probably, but it could also have been incredibly racist and whats worse.

This guy really needs to show what he posted. Why hide that.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 hours ago

Yeah. Fascist criminals like Yaxley-Lennon in the UK cry about their free speech, and when you look at the cases it's stuff like trying to intimidate juries, or inciting crowds to set fire to buildings containing asylum seekers.

[–] cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 hours ago

Or maby he was selling some grass

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