Confirmation: Bluesky Now Blocking User In Turkey In Response To Turkish Demands
Yesterday Arda Kılıçdağı @arda posted (https://micro.arda.pw/@arda/114344261036182422) that #Bluesky had blocked a user in response to Turkish pressure, and published the purported notification.
Today, he confirmed the block by demonstrating that the subject account is still visible in the rest of the world, but blocked in Turkey (see below and https://micro.arda.pw/@arda/114348085466681138). Independently confirmed by @aral (https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/114348113927295764).
Apparently, as @f and @ssg mentioned, Bluesky has started honoring account restriction / takedown requests from Turkish government.Bluesky has been a haven for Turkish leftist people, because both the government and X has restricted access to the leftist accounts.
After people accepted Bluesky as a safe place, their "limiting access of accounts to specific regions" is frustrating, and exhausting.
I've been promoting ActivityPub / Mastodon for years, and I'll keep on doing so.
