But the platform also often rejects takedown requests, as it did in Akdeniz’s case. Prateek Waghre, Internet Freedom FoundationĬurrently, Twitter does frequently comply with government requests to block or remove material, especially if it violates the company’s terms of service. “He’s setting the content moderation conversation back about decade.” “If the citizens want something banned, then pass a law to do so, otherwise it should be allowed.” “My preference is to hew close to the laws of countries in which Twitter operates,” he tweeted on May 9.
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Despite his insistence that he will make Twitter a haven for free speech, Musk’s vision for content moderation is to comply with local laws. Though the SpaceX founder’s purchase of the company has been plagued by issues, it still appears that he is poised to take over the platform.
If Elon Musk had owned Twitter then, Akdeniz might have been out of luck. But for more than a year Twitter has defied the order, allowing the tweet to remain up. Then the court ruled that his tweet also needed to be removed. Yaman Akdeniz, a Turkish lawyer and digital rights activist, posted a tweet urging his followers to read the story before the decision went into effect. In March 2021, a Turkish court ordered the news site Diken to remove a critical story about an ally of the country’s president, Recep Tayip Erdogan.
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