Bluesky restricts access to 72 accounts in Turkey amid government pressure - Turkish Minute

2 years ago by jürgen (sexy) to c/news

Bluesky has restricted access to 72 accounts and one post in Turkey, marking a shift for the decentralized social media platform that had previously resisted government censorship, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing a report by the Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD). According to İFÖD, Turkish court orders led to the blocking of 59 accounts […]
BlastboomStrice 40 points 2 years ago

This probably wouldnt make sense in a decentralized platform- oh

(Dunno if it's apparent, but this is a criticism to the bluesky platform being heavily centralized)

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Thorgrem 35 points 2 years ago

So bluesky isn’t free. And it’s American. Deleted my account yesterday.

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yigruzeltil 12 points 2 years ago

Sadly, many people I know are staying there instead of figuring Mastodon or Friendica out.

Fun fact: if you mess up captcha verification (due to Internet connection or your human error) during account creation, your account gets instantly suspended and then you receive a shady email that is actually from Bluesky, saying you should send them via email a picture of your ID.

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miss_demeanour 16 points 2 years ago

B-B-But Bluesky is b-b-better!!!

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nexguy 9 points 2 years ago

I mean, it's still objectively better but certainly not perfect. Anything that takes from swastikarmaker is a net positive.

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schema 1 point a year ago
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Metz 15 points 2 years ago

Should be noted that to my understanding it only restricts visibility of this account on the official bluesky client. And only inside turkey. the accounts are not banned. the owners can still access them.

And third party clients (which can ignore the moderation-labels) can still see and interact with those accounts just fine. even inside turkey.

It still sucks that they bend the knee though.

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buffysummers 9 points 2 years ago

lol. lmao even.

Who could have seen this coming? 🤔

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avidamoeba 6 points a year ago

Switch to Mastodon.

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misterdoctor 4 points 2 years ago

Honestly so glad I hadn’t jumped on board with Bluesky yet. Took them less than a year to become a walking billboard for decentralization.

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resipsaloquitur 3 points a year ago

Yet another “libertarian” licking authoritarian boots.

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toy_boat_toy_boat 1 point 2 years ago

so they're like raisins then? or virgins?

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EstonianGuy -13 points 2 years ago

Why even be on social media, that crap isnt good for you 🙄

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Ste41th 31 points 2 years ago

The irony here is unreal

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metaStatic -4 points 2 years ago

why?

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Ste41th 17 points 2 years ago

Using social media to say that you shouldn’t bother using social media

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warm 2 points 2 years ago

That's hypocrisy, not irony.

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metaStatic -12 points 2 years ago

when did anonymous forums become social media?

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vaguerant 18 points 2 years ago

GIF of confused Travolta looking around, from Pulp Fiction.

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