Istanbul's mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu also regularly addresses the Turkish population from prison. Now the popular opposition politician has one less opportunity to spread his messages. Platform X has blocked access to İmamoğlu's account in Turkey. The account has no longer been visible in the country since Thursday evening.
The background to this is a request from the Turkish government.
@Walter Hinteler,
Elon "Champion of Free Speech" Musk.
@hingehead,
That might depend on exactly whose free speech we are talking about
@roger,
Clearly, not a distinction he (self-confessed free speech absolutist) made:
Quote:Musk also defended X’s content moderation standards after Lemon highlighted antisemitic and racist posts that were still on the platform, which the Tesla CEO bought in 2022.
Asked why they had not been deleted, Musk indicated the posts were not illegal and said: “So, Don, you love censorship, is what you’re saying.” Lemon replied that he believed in moderation, to which Musk replied: “Moderation is a propaganda word for censorship.”
If a post was illegal, “we’re going to take it down”, said Musk, adding that if it did not break the law, “we’re putting our thumb on the scale or being censors”.
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/18/elon-musk-defends-stance-diversity-free-speech-interview-don-lemon
