Social media platform X has blocked access to over 100 accounts belonging to Turkish journalists, activists and media organizations run by journalists

X blocks access to more than 100 journalist, activist accounts in Turkey

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2024-10-30 08:00:04

Social media platform X has blocked access to over 100 accounts belonging to Turkish journalists, activists and media organizations run by journalists living in exile, in another example of its compliance with censorship requests from the Turkish government.

Among the blocked accounts are those that belong to exiled journalists Cevheri Güven, Sevinç Özarslan, Adem Yavuz Arslan, Emre Uslu, Van Dündar and Amberin Zaman, who are known for their critical reporting on the Turkish government, as well as the X account of the Bold Medya news website, former national footballer Hakan Şükür and Cemre Birand, a human rights activist and widow of the late journalist Mehmet Ali Birand.

The blocking of the accounts came on the same day Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on X that the cybercrime department of the Turkish National Police has identified and is investigating 177 social media users who have allegedly spread propaganda for “Fetö” or shared posts praising Turkish-Islamic cleric Gülen or his movement following the cleric’s death.

“Fetö” is a term coined by the Turkish government to refer to the Gülen movement, inspired by the views of the late cleric Gülen, as a terrorist organization.

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