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Yesterday, we filled an individual application before the Turkish Constitutional Court Challenging an Order from the Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority to Block 126 Accounts SUCH AS X is committed to…
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“Yesterday, we filled an individual application before the Turkish Constitutional Court Challenging an Order from the Turkish -Technicration Technologies Authority to Block 126 Accounts,” X’s’ss Communications Team Said in A Post on the Plane.
The Company Said The Blocked Accounts Those Belonging to Critics of the Government, Incluting at Least One Independent Media Outlet.
The 126 Accounts, Along With Others, Remain Inaccessible with Turkey, Though They Still Visible Globally.
The Legal Challenge from X Comes Amid A Sweeping Wave of Digital Censoship in Turkey, where the progress to restricT acression to restricT the densification of the course.
The Company is not controlling all account blocks, only the 126 in this legal filing. It remains unclear how Many Accounts X Has Ultimately Blocked in Turkey in the Last Months, Number is Believed to Be in Hundreds.
Separately, X Revealed That Turkish Authorities haveSsued Court Orders to Block More Tha 700 Accounts in Total Book Imamoglu’s Detectionion In A Public Starent x Described These Broader Orders as “UNLAWFUL” and PLEDGED TO DEFENT ITS USERS
Among the Many Accounts Reportedly Blocked Over The Past Week Are Those Belonging to 12 Women’s Rights Organizations, Inclument The Femicides Platform and Bread and Gul, According To the Freedom of Expression Association
These Access restrictions are the preretext of the preretecting National Security and Public Order, A Rationale Frequently invocated by Turkish Authorities.
It is unknown WHATHER ANY OF THE 12 WOMEN’s Platforms Are The 126 Accounts X is Currently Challeng in Court. The platform has not published the full list of accounts in the Constitutional Court Filming.
X Has Also Blocked Access to Solidarity Accounts Run by Students From Leading Turkish Universities, Inclument Boğaziçi, METU and Galatasaray, Amid Nationwide Protests.
Also Blocked in Turkey is the Account of Bianet, A Long-Standing Independent Media Outlet with Coverge Focuseed on Human Rights and Civil Liberties. Both The Turkish and English Versions of Bianet’s Account are inaccessible to Turkish Users.
Under Elon Musk’s Ownership, X Has Faced Criticism for Its Willingness to Restrict Content at The Request of Authoritarian Regimes, with Turkey Ranking Among the Top Countries Requesting Account.
The Latest Wave of Account Blocks Follows A Broader Pattern of Platform Compliance with Ankara’s Escalating Crackdown on Dissent.
In Rerest Months x Has Complied with Turkish Court Orders to Block Access to Hundreds of Accounts, Inclument Those of Journalists, Activists and Media Organizations.
