Twitter files for lawsuits in Turkish courts to get ongoing ban of its service lifted

Twitter is fighting to have the ban on its social network lifted in Turkey. Today, the company filed petitions for lawsuits in multiple Turkish courts, demanding that the current ban be lifted. “We’ve been engaged in discussion with Turkish authorities to hear their concerns, inform them about how our platform and policies work, and try and bring this situation to a resolution,” Vijaya Gadde, General Counsel for Twitter said. “But still, the millions of people in Turkey who turn to Twitter to make their voices heard are being kept from doing just that.” Twitter said the Turkish government is leaning...



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