Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter and CEO until 2021, claimed that Turkey, Nigeria and India have repeatedly threatened to be shut down.
In our country, where access barriers are constantly on the agenda, social media platforms have also faced various obstacles in the past. It is also aimed at some accounts, especially on Twitter. Prohibitions specific to Türkiye was also signed.
Today, From Twitter founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey There was a striking explanation regarding these issues. Dorsey, that India, Nigeria and Turkey threaten to shut down the platform. suggested.
Descriptions of Jack Dorsey:
Dorsey, who was a guest of the Breaking Points program on US television, gave the following answer to the questions of the presenters about the pressures of foreign governments:
“India, for example, is a country that has made high demands on journalists during farmer protests and has made threats such as shutting down Twitter in the country. He said and did things like ‘We’ll raid his employees’ homes’. They said, ‘If you don’t comply, we will close your offices’ and this is India, a democratic country.
Turkey is very similar. We received many requests from Turkey, we came face to face in the courts. They constantly threatened to shut us down.
Another is Nigeria. We could not put our employees on the field because of what the government can do.”
Dorsey did not share any information about the timing of the threats in question.
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