X ha annunciato che il governo di Erdoğan ha bloccato il resoconto del candidato presidenziale turco Ekrem İmamoğlu e che si sono opposti.

X received an order to restrict access in Türkiye to the account of the now-detained Mayor of Istanbul. While we have followed Türkiye’s order regarding the account, we strongly disagree with the order and are challenging the order in court. In the spirit of full transparency, we are sharing the court order and our legal filing below.

The order was received from the Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority. These orders require X to block content in Türkiye that is available in the rest of the world.

Lack of compliance with these orders can lead to severe sanctions, including throttling of the entire platform in Türkiye. X complied with the court order while we challenge the order in court because we believe keeping the platform accessible in Türkiye is vital to supporting freedom of expression and access to information, particularly following natural disasters and other emergencies.

In the spirit of upholding due process, we carefully review all the requests under the local law. X has been and will continue to object to removal orders including government requests in courts to protect users when those requests do not align with principles of free expression, due process, or other local laws.

Ok. Or they could, you know, not do it? Seems like that would be taking more of a stand for freedom of expression and information.

X received an order to restrict access in Türkiye to the account of the now-detained Mayor of Istanbul. While we have followed Türkiye’s order regarding the account, we strongly disagree with the order and are challenging the order in court. In the spirit of full transparency, we are sharing the court order and our legal filing below.

The order was received from the Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority. These orders require X to block content in Türkiye that is available in the rest of the world.

Lack of compliance with these orders can lead to severe sanctions, including throttling of the entire platform in Türkiye. X complied with the court order while we challenge the order in court because we believe keeping the platform accessible in Türkiye is vital to supporting freedom of expression and access to information, particularly following natural disasters and other emergencies.

In the spirit of upholding due process, we carefully review all the requests under the local law. X has been and will continue to object to removal orders including government requests in courts to protect users when those requests do not align with principles of free expression, due process, or other local laws.

They opposed it? Not really, they claim to have taken this to court, but they have complied.

For reference: [https://www.turkishminute.com/2025/03/26/social-media-platform-x-challenge-126-account-blocking-orders-at-turkeys-top-court2/](https://www.turkishminute.com/2025/03/26/social-media-platform-x-challenge-126-account-blocking-orders-at-turkeys-top-court2/)

and background: [https://www.paturkey.com/news/2025/turkey-blocks-126-x-accounts-citing-national-security-concerns-18559/](https://www.paturkey.com/news/2025/turkey-blocks-126-x-accounts-citing-national-security-concerns-18559/)

X has blocked hundreds of accounts because the Turkish government has asked them to. They have only challenged a small number of those blocks, and nothing has happened.

X knows full well that this is suppression of free democratic speech by an authoritarian government, and it does not care.

Incidentally, in case you thought that it’s just Elon: Bluesky has also complied with these kinds of requests.

[https://stockholmcf.org/bluesky-restricts-access-to-72-accounts-in-turkey-amid-government-pressure/](https://stockholmcf.org/bluesky-restricts-access-to-72-accounts-in-turkey-amid-government-pressure/)

So much for freedom of speech…

I guess the reaction by the public is taking effect so that Twitter felt the need to pretend to resist the restriction order.

Thankfully in twitter you have the freedom to be silenced

Remember when Elon said it would bee all about free speech?