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

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 18 points 4 days ago (7 children)

As a result, we are required to review the request in accordance with local regulations and Bluesky's policies.

Why the fuck is BlueSky, an American company, required to comply with Turkish demands...?

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Because they display (or even host, potentially) content that's "illegal" in Turkey.

What they should probably be doing is just hiding said content from users in Turkey...and encouraging users in Turkey to use VPNs, lol

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[–] dmalteseknight@programming.dev 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well as a company bluesky, would need to abide by the laws of where it is offering it's services.

They can't just ignore the request of the country's government. They could either challenge it in court or stop offering their services altogether.

[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

They're based in the United States.

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[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

How shocking, Mastodon remains the best option

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[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So now we'll have a whole plethora of social networks for everyone to isolate into their own bubbles essentially because our global leadership is comprised of children who can't play nicely with each other. Sounds good, sign me up for TurkmeniNet.

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