Twitter objects to Turkish court orders after pre-election warnings

Twitter said it had filed objections to Turkish court orders requesting a ban on access to some accounts and tweets on the platform, after keeping its service available during an election weekend despite warnings from authorities in Ankara.

On Saturday, a day before presidential and parliamentary votes, Twitter said it had restricted access to some content in Turkey in order to keep the platform available to users there.

The court orders, which were shared by Twitter, requested the access bans on the grounds that they posed a threat to public order and national security.