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X Blocks Jailed Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu's Account

by abiogenesis on 5/8/25, 7:35 AM with 7 comments

• by leftcenterright on 5/8/25, 7:57 AM

  Despite modern VPNs, global CDNs, impractical technical level ban on any web service: how come X and others simply do what the government tells them?

  Is it the fear of fines? That never deters them from collecting more data though.

• by abiogenesis on 5/8/25, 7:35 AM

  Social media platform X blocked the account of jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan whose detention sparked nationwide protests.