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.

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    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…?

  • Quintus@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    God damn it. People on the Turkey subreddit were running a campaign to move from X to Bluesky because X was honoring the requests of the Turkish Government to take down footage of police brutality and shit.

    I and many others have told people to NOT go to Bluesky because it was “owned” by Jack Dorsey and could get bad as Twitter did.

    Of course, absolutely nobody listened. Some celebrities also even moved to Bluesky (including the comedian and actor Cem Yılmaz, one of the most known amongst the people. Basically the Jim Carrey of Turkey.) And now THIS happens. Bravo.

    I remember seeing some telling others to use OperaGX because a Turkish PARODY ACCOUNT of the official X account posted a meme that supports the protests. I said it’s stupid to support OperaGX because of who is behind it and one of them had the balls to say “Bruh like a browser changes anything your info is everywhere”

    So mind boggling.

    • IsaamoonKHGDT_6143@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Governments are more powerful than companies, if there is resistance it is because the government does not have all the power and if there is no resistance it is because the government has all the power

    • 73ms@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I wouldn’t be surprised if he held some share of it but Dorsey probably doesn’t have much to do with Bluesky anymore, at least in an official capacity. The more salient point is about not really trusting any single party that asserts centralized control over a platform.

    • drspod@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      People on the Turkey subreddit were running a campaign to move from X to Bluesky

      I see so much astroturfing for Bluesky. They have good PR people who know what buttons to push, clearly.

      • finder@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Ya, the marketing blitz here and on Reddit was nuts. Thankfully the PR-bullshit has calmed down some.

      • aeshna_cyanea@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I am functionally a pr dude for atproto (bluesky) on here because people repeat so much disinfo, and I have “someone is wrong on the internet syndrome” 😭

        However, atproto and bluesky are still distinct and I am pretty appalled at a fair amount of bluesky’s recent decisions, esp this one

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      My experience as a person who has a lot of experience working with computer is basically thus:

      When you solve a problem for someone, you are a magician.

      When you can’t, you are completely full of shit and know nothing about tech and your entire life is a lie.

      When you tell someone ‘hey I wouldn’t do that’, your experience and expertise means nothing if what you are suggesting would mildly inconvenience them for 10 minutes, or takes more than 30 seconds to explain why it is a bad idea.

      When you tell them ‘hey have you tried this?’ your experience and expertise also means nothing if you cannot do it for them and also make it so it never breaks again, and also they will keep doing the thing that makes it break even though you explained to them how to not do that thing that makes it break.

      … I may as well just start an IT flavored Rodney Dangerfield comedy routine, it would be much more fun and less stressful than always being a db admin/data analyst/backend dev/frontend dev/whatever else my job title now apparently includes.

  • Archangel@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    So, is your account just restricted in Turkey? Or everywhere, based on local Turkish law?

  • Ravenfreak@discuss.onlineEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I’m not even surprised lol. Just another reason why communities like Lemmy and forums are better than any social media platform. Man I hope the Fediverse keeps growing, the more people that see through this bs and jump ship and find us over here in the Fediverse the better.

  • Arkouda@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Oh look, once again, I was right.

    Be shocked if it wasn’t so common.

  • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
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    2 months ago

    it looks like they are restricted only from turkey. the account in question looks fine from other countries, or through VPN.

  • huppakee@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Can Turkey ask for any account/post to be banned regardless of where a post was written? For example, if I were to register than and called Erdogan a dictator who suppresses the Turks by breaking down the media and justice system and 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.