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Twitter blocks content in Turkey ahead of pivotal elections after threat to ban platform

Elon Musk has said that he is a free speech advocate as long as it ‘matches the law’

Turkey’s elections are expected to be tightly contested and could be the biggest challenge Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces in his two decades in power. Picture Getty Images

Twitter is blocking content in Turkey as the country today votes in pivotal elections that are expected to be tightly contested and could be the biggest challenge Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces in his two decades in power.

Elon Musk has said that if the company did not acquiese to a legal demand to restrict content in the country, the Turkish government would have banned the social media platform.

Responding to a criticism of ...