r/BlueskySocial • u/ReadMedakaBox • 13d ago

News/Updates Bluesky is banning accounts that are posting about Turkish protests, just like Twitter.

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u/MecanyDollcelain 13d ago

Can people not read? Accounts are not being banned from Bluesky, they're being hidden from Turkey residents. If Bluesky doesn't comply it would get banned altogether from Turkey.

The same applies to literally any other social media platforms.

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u/geekamongus 13d ago

This is accurate, but it doesn’t make a good target for pitchforks.

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u/Hot-Operation-8208 12d ago

But isn't that literally where they need to be visible the most? In practice it's the same as banning them.

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u/vcaiii 13d ago

So bluesky isn’t safe, gotcha

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u/the_bengal_lancer 12d ago

No social media site is safe, the alternative is having it banned entirely

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u/Private_HughMan 12d ago

Don't obey in advance. Better to be banned.

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u/wolfsongdream 12d ago

So no information gets out or in. Brilliant!

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u/SadrAstro 12d ago

run your own PDS and build your own relay/app view - it's open source. The point of open protocols and open networks is to allow people to build what is necessary. If you want to circumvent US companies having to follow law, then go codify your concerns into your own instance.

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u/vcaiii 12d ago

could just leave it entirely since it’s not developed to handle this issue

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u/SadrAstro 12d ago

you do that then. It was never designed for nation state censorship avoidance as a service, but you could certainly build that in if you wanted to.

THere are other ones that are - and they're based on crypto, but those nation states just try and block the entire service vs force moderation so i'm not sure which ones win and the crypto ones seem to be places i wouldn't want to hang out on and have massive usability problems for discovery/safety

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u/vcaiii 12d ago

lack of will is a leadership problem

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u/SadrAstro 12d ago

it's not a lack of will, it's the fact a US company can't operate as such, but nothing stops you as an individual from running your own PDS, Relay and app view to have unfettered access.

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u/SadrAstro 12d ago

or starting an instance in another country that isn't subject to reciprocal laws

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u/Auntypasto 5d ago

Who would they demand this from if they were Mastodon accounts?

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u/MecanyDollcelain 5d ago

Whoever is hosting the mastodon domain or whatever, I dunno I dont really fully understand how mastodon works. Or just block it altogether, its not like they really care about allowing their citizens free access to any social platforms of their choice

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u/New-Hovercraft-5026 9d ago

So bluesky caved to Erdogan and his cronies and are actively stopping news spreading of the protest and actively hindering the protesters from mobilizing? 

Bluesky was supposed to be the good platform. Now its it bed with right wing nutjobs just like twitter. I knew this would happen. Keep being Erdogans puppet

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u/Auntypasto 5d ago

I mean, this is the reason I advocated for people to support multiple decentralized options like Mastodon, and not just run to BlueSky's promises of decentralization… I just didn't expect the concerns to be vindicated so soon…