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X(Twitter) Shadow Bans Turkish Presidential Candidate

The X account of a Turkish opposition leader with 9.7M followers is restricted in Turkey. Although his new account is not restricted, many users say they don't see his posts on their homepages.

His photo was banned from billboards in Istanbul, and his X (formerly Twitter) account with 9.7 million followers was restricted in Turkey. We don’t have solid proof, but it strongly suggests that X is secretly shadow banning İmamoğlu. I don’t think Elon Musk will change this, but I’m writing this article to show the political power he holds.

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