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Christiaan Hetzner

Wikipedia founder blasts Elon Musk for caving to Turkey's censorship demands

Elon Musk is accused of censoring free speech ahead of a key re-election bid for Turkey's president, in power for 20 straight years. (Credit: Jeff J Mitchell—Getty Images)

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales blasted Twitter owner Elon Musk for censoring social media posts that could harm the re-election of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. 

In a controversial move, Twitter revealed this weekend it acted to “restrict access to some content in Turkey today” just as the country’s 64 million voters were set to cast their ballots on Sunday in what was dubbed a historic chance to unseat Erdoğan, in power for 20 straight years.

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