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   Dan Gillmor (dangillmor@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Apr-2025 18:44:43 JST Dan Gillmor

   Is there any confirmation that Bluesky has obeyed Turkish government order to shut down accounts or access there? I've seen purported screenshots but I haven't seen anything that looks "official" --

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     Arda Kılıçdağı (arda@micro.arda.pw)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Apr-2025 23:29:47 JST Arda Kılıçdağı

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     @mastodonmigration @dangillmor

     Heya, you can check yourself:

     Get a Turkish VPN from wherever, ensure you have Turkish IP, and just navigate to this account:

     https://bsky.app/profile/carekavga.bsky.social

     With my bluesky account logged in, I cannot see the content anymore, and I get this warning message instead.

     This news has been exploded in my bluesky feed already.

     There are already some local news covering this incident:

     https://www.sonmuhur.com/blueskyda-ilk-sansur-turkiyede-ilk-kez-bir-hesabin-engellendigi-ortaya-cikti

     Turkish discussion on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Turkey/comments/1k057fu/bluesky_da_sans%C3%BCre_ba%C5%9Flad%C4%B1/

     Aral Balkan repeated this.
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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Apr-2025 23:29:47 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Arda Kılıçdağı

     @arda @mastodonmigration @dangillmor Confirmed via VPN (Istanbul)

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     Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Apr-2025 23:29:48 JST Mastodon Migration

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     @dangillmor

     Very important to be cautious with something like this. This post made early yesterday qualifies the matter and points out that ot needs to be confirmed independently:

     https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/114345157372044672

     Right now another post on the matter without qualifications has been boosted and referenced a lot.

     Have been following the issue and have not seen any independent confirmation. Will report if anything surfaces one way or the other.