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A criminal court in the northeast city of Gümüşhane ordered 69 X accounts, including those of at least three journalists and a media outlet, to be blocked from access inside Turkey. Here, X’s headquarters are shown in downtown San Francisco, California, on July 30, 2023. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

Turkish court orders social media accounts blocked despite ruling that banned police ‘virtual patrolling’

Istanbul, August 27, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges X, formerly Twitter, site administrators not to comply with a Turkish court’s order to block accounts belonging to several journalists and media outlets. “Turkish authorities continue to practice the ‘virtual patrolling’ and censorship of social media users under the false guise of national security,” said Gulnoza…

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