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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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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (5 children)

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

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

For a company like blue sky, you bow to all governments, or you bow to none. One way you become so milquetoast nobody wants to use you because nothing interesting is ever said. The other way you become 4chan.

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[–] MuteDog@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Clear from the beginning.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

From the wording, it looks like they're just going to georestrict their content to places that are not Turkey.

Far from a problem, unless of course, your primary following is from Turkey; or that's where you live.

I don't blame bluesky here, they operate internationally, and they have to obey the laws of the locations they operate in. Personally I'm wondering what kind of Internet posts are restricted in Turkey? Who has laws to say you can, or cannot say things on the Internet? Besides... I guess, China, and obviously illegal things like CP....

Were they posting CP?

IDK, I've never used bluesky. I barely used xitter, back when it was relevant, if I were to use anything as a replacement it would be Mastodon.

Anyways.

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[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Can Turkey ask for any account/post to be banned regardless of where a post was written? For example, if I were to register there and called Erdogan a dictator who suppresses the Turks by breaking down the media and justice system and he is taking political prisoners; could he then ask BlueSky to get my account removed because i'm breaking a law in Turkey even though I am not in Turkey? That sounds totally crazy. Like from now on you can make laws on your citizens, your lands and all of the internet? What the fu. e: typo

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 18 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

As a result, we are required to review the request in accordance with local regulations and Bluesky's policies.

Why the fuck is BlueSky, an American company, required to comply with Turkish demands...?

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[–] oliver@lemmy.neuralwhisper.eu 18 points 2 weeks ago

And so it begins...

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 17 points 2 weeks ago

Just yesterday I saw a post on lemmy that said that turkish xitter users were migrating to bluesky. Didn't bother opening to see the comments or read it. Seeing this now, all I can think is "well, what did they expect?"

[–] Wimster@lemmy.wtf 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Is Bluesky the next X ??? Kissing the ring of authoritarian leaders?

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[–] SrEstegosaurio@mstdn.social 14 points 2 weeks ago

@boramalper What a surprise. /s

Don't bet on shitty protocolos backed by corpos, does not end well.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

How shocking, Mastodon remains the best option

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