Twitter 'censors' Kurdish businessman, journalist
The suspension of the Twitter accounts of high-profile opposition figures in Turkey resulted in accus ations of censorship and political pressure. Kurdish businessman Muhammed Yakut and Turkish investigative journalist Twitter Cevheri Güven had their Twitter accounts res t ricted one day ahead of Turkey's presidential election - a move described by Twitter's Global Government Affairs team as a 'response to legal process'. Turkey has been at loggerheads with its Kurdish minority for years; Yakut had previously been highly critical of the Turkish government and had threatened a major expose concerning Turkey's 2016 failed coup. Twitter also came under fire for poor transparency in failing to disclose the names of the people it was restricting, whilst Twitter owner Elon Musk was derided as hypocritical and cowardly. Turkey's presidential election have also been plagued by a series of deepfake videos intended to discredit Turkish president Recep Tayyip Er d oğan 's political opponents Kemal Kilicdaroglu and Muharrem Ince . System 🤖 Twitter 🔗 Operator: X Corp/Twitter Developer: X Corp/Twitter Country: Turkey Sector: Media/entertainment/sports/arts Purpose: Recom mend content Technology: Recommendation algorithm Issue: Freedom of expression - censorship; Tran sparency
- Date it happened
- 2023-05-01
- Organisation involved
- xAI
- Product, system or model
- Twitter For You
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