Censorship Tsunami in X: 1,270 Accounts Blocked in Turkey in One Month.
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Turkish authorities issued blocking orders for at least 1,270 X accounts in September - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Turkish authorities ordered access blocked to at least 1,270 accounts on the X social media platform in September, surpassing the 995 accounts targeted during all of 2025, DW Turkish reported, citing data from the Freedom of Expression Association’s (İFÖD) EngelliWeb project. X subsequently made 1,139 of those accounts unavailable to users in Turkey. An access-blocking […]
The Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD) stated in a press release regarding access restrictions in September that 1270 X accounts were blocked. The statement said, "In one month, at least 1,270 X accounts were blocked, and 90% of them were made invisible from Türkiye."
The Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD) stated in a press release regarding access restrictions in September that 1270 X accounts were blocked. The statement said, "In one month, at least 1,270 X accounts were blocked, and 90% of them were made invisible from Türkiye."
The Freedom of Expression Association announced that in September 2026, social media blocking orders reached unprecedented levels. The association stated that at least 1,270 X accounts were blocked in just one month, surpassing the total for 2025, and that the account of EngelliWeb, which has been documenting internet censorship in Turkey since 2008, was also rendered invisible.
The Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD) issued a press release in September 2026 regarding the unprecedented level of access restrictions to social media accounts and the blocking of EngelliWeb's X account. İFÖD stated that in September alone, at least 1,270 X accounts were blocked under Law No. 5651, and 90% of these were made invisible from Turkey by X; the restrictions affected journalists, news organizations, LGBTİ+ [...] The article "İ…
BOLD - Internet censorship and social media restrictions in Turkey reached unprecedented levels in September. According to data shared by the IFÖD's EngelliWeb project, access to 1,270 X accounts was blocked within a month. The majority of these decisions affected not only account holders but also millions of users. Prof. Dr. Yaman Akdeniz, one of the founders of IFÖD, described the events as a "censorship tsunami," stating that the blocks were …
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