Bora M. AlperApr 15, 2025

Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government

https://lemmy.world/post/28275799

Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government - Lemmy.World

Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/ssg.dev/post/3lmuz3nr62k26 [https://bsky.app/profile/ssg.dev/post/3lmuz3nr62k26] Email from Bluesky in the screenshot: > Hi there, > > We are writing to inform you that we have received a formal request from a legal authority in Turkey regarding the removal of your account associated with the following handle (@carekavga.bsky.social) on Bluesky. > > The legal authority has claimed that this content violates local laws in Turkey. As a result, we are required to review the request in accordance with local regulations and Bluesky’s policies. > > Following a thorough review, we have determined that the content in question violates local laws in Turkey, as outlined in the legal request. In compliance with these legal provisions, we have restricted access to your account for users.

Show threadtoy_boat_toy_boatApr 15, 2025
pardon my ignorance, but how is a de-centralized and de-federated online community bound to such annoyances?
Show threadReallyActuallyFrankensteinApr 15, 2025
They’re still a corporate entity, and they still want access to markets to make money.
Show threadtoy_boat_toy_boat
i think i’m conflating lemmy with bluesky. can’t anyone just host an instance? is it open-source? sorry, i should probably just look into this myself.
Apr 15, 2025 at 10:08pmWeb
Show threadwagesj45Apr 15, 2025
My understanding is that it is technically a "federated" standard, but I think there is a lot of technical hurdles to implementing and hosting a compatible server. So no one actually does it, and I'm not sure they'd federate even if someone went through the trouble of getting it up and running.
Show threadtoy_boat_toy_boatApr 15, 2025
someone else said something that made me think i’m conflating Bluesky with Mastadon. and apparently “conflating” is my word of the day.
Show threadwagesj45Apr 15, 2025
hell yeah i love learning new words
Show threadtoy_boat_toy_boatApr 15, 2025
i learned it a while ago, but i just can’t stop saying it today.
Show threadMeekerThanBeakerApr 15, 2025

I think Mastodon is closer to Lemmy as a Twitter alternative over Bluesky.

However, this does a good job explaining the differences:

socialbee.com/blog/mastodon-vs-bluesky/

Mastodon vs Bluesky: How are they different?

Learn the key differences between Mastodon vs Bluesky, from decentralization to features like custom domains, moderation, and communities.

SocialBee
Show threadtoy_boat_toy_boatApr 15, 2025
thanks - you’ve got it. i forgot about mastadon. ironic, really, since it’s the resource that everyone will be scrambling for in a few days. mark my words: something horrible is going to happen this weekend, and it will change your life forever.
Show threadWaxApr 15, 2025
What makes you think that? Genuinely curious.
Show threadMeekerThanBeakerApr 15, 2025

Probably referring to this, but don’t know for sure:

snopes.com/…/trump-martial-law-insurrection-act/

Investigating rumor Trump will declare martial law on April 20 after invoking Insurrection Act of 1807

Snopes.com
Show threadJeenaApr 15, 2025
Interesting, April 20 is also Hitlers birthday so it has symbolix significance to all the neo nazis.
Show threadsamus12345Apr 16, 2025
It’s also Easter this year. I’m picturing a stoned Hitler with bunny ears.
Show threadtoy_boat_toy_boatApr 15, 2025

someone cited a snopes article, and i don’t think that’s what i’m talking about.

april 20 (or thereabouts) has been a pretty infamous date in american terror.

everyone else is talking about it like the government is going to do something. i’m saying the other. or at least it’ll look that way.

i’m just some asshole on the internet. i’m just taking all the time i’ve lived and all the things i’ve seen, and i’m projecting them forward to the weekend. and your lucky numbers are 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42

Show threadchingaderaApr 16, 2025
Godamnit those are all 6 of my lucky numbers
Show threadMeekerThanBeakerApr 16, 2025
We have to go back!!!
Show threadColeSlothApr 16, 2025
Not really much “American terror” on 4-20 except for the columbine massacre.
Show threadHalosheepApr 16, 2025
Don’t forget the terrible munchies many Americans are about to get.
Show threadtoy_boat_toy_boatApr 16, 2025
holy crap, i did not see those doritos until you said that!
Show threadTheOneAndOnlyApr 16, 2025
It’s Hitler’s birthday. Do with that what you’d like…
Show threadtoy_boat_toy_boatApr 16, 2025

just off the top of my head:

  • columbine
  • oklahoma
  • deepwater
  • waco
Show threadColeSlothApr 16, 2025

Deepwater was not terror related. It was just an accident of ineptitudes. Waco did not begin or end on 4-20, or was even going on over 4-20.

I did forget about Oklahoma happening on 4-20, though. So like two things in the past 100 years, both over 20 years ago. That’s not a pattern at all.

Show threadparodyApr 16, 2025
Perhaps it would be interesting to chat April 21
Show threadtoy_boat_toy_boatApr 16, 2025
we shall meet again under trump’s new “marshall law”
Show threadroofuskitApr 15, 2025
Bluesky claims to support federation while being designed to make it entirely impractical and is currently entirely centralized.
Show threadacockworkorangeApr 22, 2025
Claims of Bsky’s federatedness and decentralizedness were greatly exaggerated.