Turkey Blocks 21 X Accounts in 'National Security' Crackdown, Including Municipality Fact-Check Post

Turkey Blocks 21 X Accounts in 'National Security' Crackdown, Including Municipality Fact-Check Post

A Turkish court has blocked access to at least 21 X accounts, citing "national security," in a move critics call censorship of political dissent.

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The Istanbul Peace Criminal Court ordered the suspension of accounts belonging to the Aile Dayanışma Ağı (Family Solidarity Network), a civil society group, the news outlet soL Haber, and the official account of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) [235439]. The municipality had used its feed to issue a rebuttal against recent claims made by government officials [235439]. No specific content from the blocked accounts has been made public, and X has not commented on the order [235439]. Legal experts note the "national security" clause is frequently invoked in such cases, though its application to a municipal fact-checking post has raised questions about the measure's scope [235439]. The affected accounts remain inaccessible to users within Turkey [235439].

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