Twitter announced that it has filed objections against court orders in Turkey that demanded the blocking of certain accounts and tweets on the platform. This came after the company continued to provide its services during the elections held on Sunday, despite warnings from authorities in Ankara. In a statement issued on Monday, Twitter said, "We received what we believed to be a final threat to choke the service, following several warnings of this nature." It added, "Therefore, in order to keep Twitter services available during the elections, we took action against four accounts and 409 tweets identified by court orders."
Additionally, Twitter stated that it has received five court orders related to these actions, and it has already filed objections to four of them, noting that "while one of our objections was rejected, three are still under review, and we will file our objection to the fifth order tomorrow." For his part, digital rights expert at Istanbul Bilgi University, Yaman Akdeniz, said, "Before Elon Musk took over Twitter, the platform refused demands to ban confirmed accounts of journalists and news outlets." He continued, "However, the Twitter platform we witness now is more compliant and in alignment with the government, and it is now ready to block accounts and tweets to comply with local Turkish law."
