I'm glad people are noticing this but its nothing new for Bluesky. clearsky.app's "top blocked" is full of the administration's accounts, including the verified DHS and Department of "War"
Bluesky known for censoring LGBT organizations, journalists who revealed corruptions and people who are critics of government in Turkey.
Here's HumanRightsWatch open letter to social media companies which mentions about it (while not sent directly to Bluesky). hrw.org/news/2025/05/08/joint-…
We the undersigned civil society organizations urge your companies to uphold the right to freedom of expression of your users in Türkiye and resist Turkish state censorship that restricts expression protected under international human rights law.
Mastodon Migration
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The dog is working for the man
Annika Backstrom
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clearsky.appPolixgen
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There's more;
Bluesky known for censoring LGBT organizations, journalists who revealed corruptions and people who are critics of government in Turkey.
Here's HumanRightsWatch open letter to social media companies which mentions about it (while not sent directly to Bluesky). hrw.org/news/2025/05/08/joint-…
#Censorship #Bluesky
Joint Open Letter to Social Media Companies on Censorship in Türkiye
Human Rights WatchPolixgen
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It's not only Bluesky btw;
Twitter, Meta, TikTok also does same thing.
Google takes it to further; banning news from its search results that are critics of Turkish government without legal demand.
If you're curious more you can check out @engelliweb which tracks the Turkish censorship.
#censorship #bluesky #Twitter