Unlike many previous accounts that are withheld, Fuat Avni does not violate users’ privacy but provides insights about the government. I could not verify yet, but I hear Twitter might actually try a legal process to undo the request. We will see…
Twitter withholds account of whistleblower Fuat Avni in Turkey
Today’s Zaman
Twitter withheld access to the Twitter account of a Turkishgovernment whistleblower who writes under the pseudonym of Fuat
The anonymous account that’s been gagged in Turkey
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