Turkey's Election Sparks Fears of Precedent and Internet Restrictions.

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Twitter's decision to comply with Turkey's request to censor content from four accounts critical of the government ahead of the presidential election has sparked fears of a dangerous precedent for other authoritarian regimes. Experts argue that tech companies or social media platforms that comply with censorship requests from authoritarian or autocratic governments risk complicity in those regimes' repression. Elon Musk, who purchased Twitter last October, was criticized for choosing business and money over his morals and principles. Twitter's decision was seen as unethical given its stance to support free speech.
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