cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28275799

Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government

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.

  • arotrios@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Side note for instance owners - the Turks are fucking insane about this shit. Twenty years ago I was hosting an artist’s website. One of the users was from Cyprus and posted pictures from the aftermath of a riot there - nothing extreme, just some graffiti and broken windows.

    I started receiving threatening messages (this was early 2000s, so before takedown notices) from someone claiming to be from the Turkish government. I ignored them, as they had no legal authority and fuck autocrats straigtht up Edrogan’s ass.

    So then, the site gets taken down by a hacking attack the next week. Some sort of Turkish bullshit appeared on the front page. I fixed it, thought I locked them out.

    It was hacked again. I thought I missed something, and when through an even more extreme lockdown process, banning the entire country’s IP.

    It was hacked a third time. That’s when I realized they weren’t hacking my site - they were hacking the hosting provider. I proved it by switching providers - the attacks stopped immediately.

    That’s how extreme they were about suppressing this stupid picture of a broken window from a riot no one remembered even a week after it happened.