Twitter’s censoring of users in Turkey would appear to undermine Mr Musk’s pledge to turn the platform into a “digital town square” where freedom of speech can flourish.
“However, we are now witnessing a more obedient and government-friendly Twitter willing to withhold accounts and tweets to comply with local Turkish law,” he told Reuters. Last year, the Turkish government brought in its toughest online censorship legislation yet, which compels social media firms to hire government representatives and remove supposed disinformation upon court order or face an immediate 90 per cent throttle on bandwidth.
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