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

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 53 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

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.

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[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What was the post

[–] Trail@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Probably said something bad about their current dictator.

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[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 47 points 1 week ago (20 children)

If only there was a decentralised alternative, that was more or less immune to this… LOL

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 47 points 1 week ago

But it's a decentralized service! /s

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 week ago

I've been on the fence about joining Bluesky but I think I am not going to bother.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The relevant question here is if you are in Turkey because if you aren't this is a much bigger deal than if you are.

Also, does "restricted access to your account for users" mean for all users or just for those in Turkey?

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Even if it’s a Turkey-specific restriction for users based in the country, it nonetheless shows that Bluesky is willing to comply with government requests.

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[–] AutoPastry@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 week ago

The account is still up and viewable for me. US.

[–] j4yt33@feddit.org 35 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And so it begins

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[–] HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee 31 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Watching how quickly all these companies crumble, it really is astonishing the Obama and Clinton didn't take on Fox News for all it's bullshit.

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[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

[–] carrion0409@lemm.ee 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How much you wanna bet the trump regime will force them to start removing people too ?

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[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I believe there are laws in the EU that would be violated by many rightwing posts (such as glorifying nazis in Germany). The litmus test would be if a complaint about these violations would cause an account to be banned.

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 week ago (15 children)

i don't get why this is shocking; if you do business in a country you have to follow local laws.

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[–] Naevermix@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (7 children)

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

[–] quack@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 week 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.

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[–] TON618@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week 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.

[–] MuteDog@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

This seems like a good place to put this meme I made a couple months ago

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is anyone surprised?

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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That didn't take long

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