Bluesky bloccato in Turchia

Many users turned to Bluesky for a safe space and to speak freely…

Fake news. No official block or restrictions on website, I can access the website.

They refused to block protest accounts in Turkey. Twitter complied. They will end up banned in all dictatorships if they keep it up, but maybe they don’t care.

It is not blocked in Turkey. Turkish accounts that promote protest videos are being suspended.

Suspended accounts get this mail
https://www.reddit.com/r/Turkey/s/rNPjrUnSuS

let me guess, twitter still up?

I remember seeing a post—maybe it was in this sub or another one—about Turkish users flocking to Bluesky because of free speech concerns with Elon Musk and Twitter. Everyone in the comments was like, “Yeah, show him! Stick it to him!” And while I get the sentiment, I couldn’t help but think: this probably won’t make much of a difference.

The government can just ban Bluesky too, just like they’ve done with other platforms. I think they even banned Discord at one point last year (not sure if that’s still in effect). The truth is, when you’re dealing with an authoritarian regime, they’re not shy about banning whatever they need to in order to maintain control.

People fleeing to different platforms might feel empowering in the moment, but it doesn’t change the reality on the ground. Unfortunately, that’s the kind of thing that happens when authoritarian governments are voted in. There’s no real escape from it just by switching apps.

To be fair we should block twitter in europe sinc it’s a tool use for disinformation, difamation and harassment. These three being all done by even it’s owner…

Bluesky is blocking accounts of protesters. Bluesky isn’t better than twitter.

Anything against Mastodon in Turkey?

> Now, some are claiming Bluesky is also censoring them. But here’s the truth:

> -Bluesky is not banning Turkish users or content. If you can see the accounts from outside Turkey (or via VPN), Bluesky is not the one doing the blocking.

> -The Turkish government is likely forcing ISPs to block certain pages or even the entire platform – which returns HTTP 451 errors (“unavailable for legal reasons”).

> -This kind of state-level censorship is hard to detect without technical context.

>It makes it look like Bluesky is at fault, when in reality, it’s Turkey’s infrastructure that’s cutting access.

Guys read the article first!

Bluesky having no spine, how surprising.