Turkey blocks X accounts of LGBTQ activists
Accounts of more than a dozen Turkish LGBTQ organisations have been blocked on the X social media platform at the request of authorities advocating traditional family values, a watchdog has said.
A watchdog has reported that the X social media platform has blocked accounts belonging to over a dozen Turkish LGBTQ organizations at the request of authorities promoting traditional family values. Among the affected accounts are those of Kaos GL rights organization and lawyer Levent Piskin, according to the Ifod media watchdog.
The blocked X accounts, which had accumulated tens of thousands of followers, are currently inaccessible in Turkey without the use of a VPN connection, as stated by the AFP news agency. The Turkish LGBTQ community has repeatedly faced targeting by authorities, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan labeling the community as a "deviant movement" of "perverts."
In June, Turkey blocked approximately 40 X accounts associated with feminist or LGBTQ groups. Last year, Turkish authorities successfully persuaded X to block more than 700 accounts critical of the authorities, during a period of intense protests sparked by the arrest of Istanbul's opposition mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu.
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