### [2025-03-23](/feed/2025/03/23/index.md)

##### 2025 Turkish protests
# A statement by social media company X (formerly Twitter) expresses that it objects to "multiple court orders" from the Government of Turkey to block more than 700 accounts belonging to opposition political figures, journalists, news outlets, and student protesters. 




### Sources:

1. [BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cq6yde479gdt)

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