A day before the general election, the platform has put restrictions on user access.
In response to “legal process” and to guarantee that the platform “remains available to the people” of Türkiye during the presidential and parliamentary elections in their nation, Twitter has said that it will limit Turkish users’ access to select content.
The business said in a statement on Saturday that it had informed the “account holders” of the action, but did not identify which accounts would be impacted. Many users, notably the journalist Matthew Yglesias, disagreed with the choice.
In a tweet, Yglesias asserted that Musk complied with a request from the Turkish government for Twitter to suppress the opposition prior to an election.
Elon Musk, the head of Twitter, promptly fired back in a tweet of his own, defending the choice to impose limitations on content viewed from Türkiye.
“Did your head fall off, Yglesias? Either all tweets on Twitter will have their access restricted, or only certain tweets will. Which one do you want? he declared.
Musk then clarified, “We are just going to be transparent that it’s happening, unlike the others. This is par for the course for all Internet companies. He promised to “post what the Turkish government sent us” in a another post.
Turkey will hold its presidential and 600-member Grand National Assembly elections on Sunday. Numerous surveys indicate a close contest between Republican People’s Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu and incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the presidency.
After crises like terrorist attacks and natural disasters, Ankara occasionally restricts social media use, citing the need to stop panic and the propagation of incorrect information. The Turkish communications regulator totally suspended access to Twitter in March 2014 due to a failure to delete “harmful content.” The following month, the restriction was abolished.
