X blocks access to jailed Istanbul mayor's account after Turkey request, group says
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A platform monitoring internet censorship says access to jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s X social media account has been blocked in Turkey
  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    11·
    28 days ago

    if they don’t they will face criminal charges

    The Turkish government does not have the authority to enforce criminal charges on an American person/company.

    Even fediverse instance owners would be forced to block his accounts under threat of fines and/or prosecution.

    Only if the instance owners/servers were in Turkey.

    • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.auEnglish
      11·
      27 days ago

      Criminal charges was probably the wrong word, but that’s being pedantic. The company operates in Turkey and allows Turkish people to use the product, so they have to follow Turkish laws. The Turkish government can file legal charges against them for failure to comply. Same with any fediverse instance owners - they would either have to block their instance from all Turkish users, or comply.