Hacker News with Generative AI: Turkey

Bluesky restricts access to 72 accounts in Turkey amid government pressure (turkishminute.com)
Bluesky has restricted access to 72 accounts and one post in Turkey, marking a shift for the decentralized social media platform that had previously resisted government censorship, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing a report by the Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD).

Social Media, Censorship, Turkey, Government

12 points by doener 6 days ago | 2 comments

No Comment from Bluesky on Its Censorship of 72 Turkish Users (mastodon.online)

Censorship, Social Media, Twitter Alternatives, Turkey

14 points by doener 6 days ago | 8 comments

Apple Intelligence denies rewriting a sentence that contain "protests in Turkey" (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Apple, Social Media, Censorship, Turkey, Protests

7 points by utku1337 25 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Neo146 – anti-censorship HTTP-SMS gateway for Turkish (&all) protesters (github.com/ooguz)
connect like it's 1984 - neo146 provides a minimal (and experimental!) information gateway that serves as an emergency network connection method inspired by dial-up, allowing you to access content via certain protocols like SMS.

Software, Censorship, Turkey, Communication, Protests

5 points by m3rcury 26 days ago | 0 comments

Protests across Turkey after president's main rival jailed (bbc.com)
Thousands of people are defying a ban on gatherings and taking to the streets in Turkey, following the jailing of Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu

Politics, Turkey, Protests, Law

24 points by decimalenough 33 days ago | 0 comments

Musk's X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest (politico.eu)
Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.

Social Media, Turkey, Politics, Censorship

33 points by boramalper 35 days ago | 17 comments

Turkey orders detention of Istanbul's mayor, a key rival of President Erdogan (cnn.com)

Politics, Turkey, Elections, International Relations

26 points by enraged_camel 38 days ago | 2 comments

Burial Spot of St. Nicholas, Inspiration for Santa Claus, Discovered in Turkey (livescience.com)

History, Archaeology, Religion, Turkey

10 points by Anon84 140 days ago | 0 comments

Can't trust any VPN these days (orhun.dev)
After Turkey banned Discord, I had to jump through some hoops, fix my VPN, and learn a bit about how DNS works.

Privacy, VPNs, Turkey, DNS

89 points by orhunp_ 192 days ago | 78 comments

Russia and Turkey ban Discord messaging app (therecord.media)
Russia and Turkey have blocked access to the messaging platform Discord, claiming that it refuses to cooperate with local authorities.

Russia, Turkey, Discord, Messaging Apps, Censorship

4 points by ankitdce 197 days ago | 0 comments

Russia and Turkey Block Discord (reclaimthenet.org)
Today, Russia and Turkey have banned Discord from their countries.

Russia, Turkey, Discord, Censorship, Social Media

8 points by oguz-ismail 199 days ago | 0 comments

Turkish woman arrested for criticising Instagram ban, media says (reuters.com)

Social Media, Censorship, Turkey, Law, Human Rights

7 points by perihelions 233 days ago | 0 comments

Roblox gets banned indefinitely in Turkey over "child exploitation" (dexerto.com)

Roblox, Gaming, Turkey, Censorship, Child Safety

17 points by turtledragonfly 260 days ago | 2 comments

Türkiye Bans Roblox (turkiyetoday.com)