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Unfortunately in a country like Turkey, if Twitter doesn’t comply with the regime, the regime simply blocks Twitter for everyone in the country. Erdogan meddle
by cbeach 3y ago
Unfortunately in a country like Turkey, if Twitter doesn’t comply with the regime, the regime simply blocks Twitter for everyone in the country.
Erdogan meddles (with only partial success, hopefully) or Erdogan blocks? What’s worse?
- hgsgm 3y agoTwitter should pretend to comply while rerouting information.
- andrewflnr 3y agoMeddling is worse. If Twitter is blocked, everyone there knows exactly what's going on. If some people are silenced, it's much easier for that to go unnoticed.
- esafak 3y agoThey could just insert a banner saying they blocked certain accounts to appease Erdogan and people would still know. His voters don't mind meddling; they are not free speech absolutists.
- andrewflnr 3y agoOh please, do you think Erdogan would think that's funny? That'll just get Twitter blocked harder, even after you decide to bend over for him.
- esafak 3y agoIt's not a secret whose accounts are blocked or why, so what's the joke?
- Avamander 3y agoBlocking things highlights the problematic behaviour and annoys people, platforms censoring themselves just helps an agenda. They shouldn't get their cake and eat it too.
- edrxty 3y agoAnd could take them longer to fully implement than they have before the election