Turkiye wants more than 700 X accounts blocked: platform

ISTANBUL: Turkiye´s authorities, faced with a mass opposition movement following the detention of the opposition mayor of Istanbul, have called for the closure of more than 700 accounts on X, the online platform said on Sunday.

“We object to multiple court orders from the Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority to block over 700 accounts of news organisations, journalists, political figures, students, and others within Turkiye,” its communications team said in a statement.Elon Musk’s social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.Musk, a self-proclaimed protector of free speech, said he acquired X to restore free speech on the platform.