>
Won't this impact rescue attempts? We are rapidly approaching the 72 hour mark where survival odds plummet. Now is when rescues need to be going unimpeded. >

Yes, but with authoritarian governments it's a price worth paying to maintain power. >

Erdogan is starting to feel the heat. >

Of course.  Erdogan is fearing for his life.  50,000 dead means an awful lot of families with a score to settle. >

Where are you getting the 50,000 estimate? I've seen it's up to 12,000 at the moment per the NYTimes. >

I believe within 24 hours there was a posting from someone living there who predicted it would be 45,000 dead, so I rounded up.   BBC is saying minimum 20,000 now.....I'm going to stick to this number, actually I thinks 50-100,000 dead is likely.
You can castigate me later if I'm wrong.  remind me! 10 days. >

I can't tell from the story if this is Erdoğan being an asshole or Musk being an asshole. >

¿Porque no los dos? >

Por qué* >

Are they going for marital law round 2? Election Boogaloo? >

Just waiting for the stories to come out that all first aid supplies have gone to Erdogan friends and didn't reach people who needed it. Erdogan probably uses western supplies to gain sympathy within the country >

They should have just blocked Elon's account. Turkey don't want no jive. >

Surprised Elon hasn't said he would using his Boring company to tunnel a hole under the rubble to rescue people and then start calling all the rescuers pedophiles when they point out that his idea is completely stupid. >

He doesn't care about pretending he cares about people anymore. >

Not sure what Elon Musk would be able to do in this instance. If the country's government wants to throttle your website's access in it's country, how are you gonna stop them? >

Erdogan: Blocks Twitter
Reddit: Fuck Elon Musk! >

It's a shame Twitter no longer has a media relations or press department that could have responded to CNN's inquiry. >

I can confirm it is not blocked for me here şn Turkey. But I can't comment about everyone's access. >

I'm surprised. Elon seems a fan of the authoritatian types so I'd have thought Erdogan would be a fan of Twitter. >

The biggest question here is why rescue/official teams are relying on Twitter. If nothing else the past several months have proven beyond a benefit of doubt that the platform cannot (and should not) be used for anything other than light entertainment. >

Boycott Musk and Twitter >

It has nothing to do with Mush. It's Erdogan who doesn't like freedom of speech and sharing news/ opinions