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Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government (lemmy.world)
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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.

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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 week ago

i don't get why this is shocking; if you do business in a country you have to follow local laws.

[-] SlothMama@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Honestly at this point I want to host a distributed Lemmy instance and completely ignore all country laws in favor of complete and absolute freedom of speech.

It might sound extreme, but pretty sure at this point I'd be willing to die for it given the state of global politics.

[-] Dragonstaff@leminal.space -2 points 1 week ago

Sorry, man. I don't think Kiddie Pornhub is a good idea.

[-] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 week ago

Where is bluesky based? As far as I know you have to follow the laws of where you are based. Otherwisse we'd have to follow the lowest common denominator, like north korea, or afghanistan or the like

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 week ago

it doesn't matter where you're based; if you're operating in a country, you follow the laws of that country.

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[-] simsalabim@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

If I understand this correctly, then this restriction only applies to Turkey. Which is exactly what you'd expect. If you violate local laws, then there are local restrictions. On a global level, everyone else can still interact with you.

Have I understood this correctly?

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