“Free Speech” Platfrom X stops the opposition party’s account in Turkey

Elon Musk bought Twitter (and then renamed it X) with the promise that it would be a free -speech paradise. It turns out in practice, it means that you can say your favorite rumors, but you cannot protest against the government. Following the arrest of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, the protesters took to the streets and on social media to protest the seemingly politically motivated actions. According to PoliticoSome of those who have undertaken to speak against the government are stopped at X.

Per Politico Reporting“University -related activist accounts” that share protest information, including times and places for students and other activists who may want to participate, are the main goals of braking. Most of the bills are described as “local activists” with relatively small consequences, usually in tens of thousands.

In some cases, these accounts seem to have been stopped in Turkey – where their information is most appropriate – and not in the rest of the world. One activist, Ömer Faruk Aslan, created a second account to avoid local censorship and firm The fact that his main account was stopped after one of his publications exceeded six million views on the platform.

The ruling government of Turkey, led by Erdogan, claims that the imposed accounts are related to “incitement to hatred”. (It is worth noting that the public demonstrations against Erdogan took place the government that issues a A multi -day prohibition on protests) Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya firm Authorities have identified 326 accounts for Takedown, including 72, which are thought to be operated outside Turkey. He also said that 54 Suspects were arrested for their social media activities.

Turkey’s prosperity against activists is not necessarily Musk or X (though we don’t know if the company has transmitted any user data to the government). But the repression of the content of the platform, the company certainly has a hand. In fact, it is quite ready to lean to the will of Erdogan’s government when asked.

As early as 2023, as Turkey was about to have a presidential election, Erdogan threatened to transfer X if the company did not comply with the government’s demands to hold positions and accounts it wanted to be removed. Musk and x agreedmusk reflection“The choice is to throw Twitter in full or limit access to some tweets. Which one do you want?” (The answer to this, if you are a “free -speech absolute speech”, probably the first one refuse to be a search for censorship and let the chips fall there Transparency reportS

Mathematics is not too difficult for Erdogan. Ask and you will probably get.