![]() ![]() How many years between the characters makes an age gap romance? We’re not sure! But we think it’s important that the characters be at different places in their lives. ![]() Some favorite vlogs for those of us on Youtube: Canadian van-lifers who now live in a cabin and a 23-yo influencer living in NYC It’s a nice mix of real and unreal, and maybe a good way to avoid copyright infringement! This book uses the term F1 and has a Big Huge Italian team with an iconic red car. Musk and representatives for SpaceX, and the Republic of Turkey did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.Would you classify yourself as a problematic reader? Do you love drama and bad dads and crashes? (And murderers?) Tell us about it! In contrast, others argued his ties with the authoritarian country were evidence that the self-styled free speech icon "may not be cheap, but he is for sale." "I'm sure this is just a coincidence," users on Twitter posted, some sarcastically, circulating news of Musk's business dealings with Turkey. However, the outage may have hampered the initial emergency response. Twitter was blocked in the region for about 12 hours following the earthquake, Scientific American reported, amid Turkey's concerns of disinformation circulating on the platform. The country's communications systems were not disrupted to the point of needing the Starlink system, Insider previously reported. In February, Musk and Erdogan were also in contact after Turkey declined Musk's offer to activate Starlink capabilities in the region after a deadly earthquake rattled the country and left more than 40,000 people dead. Last month, after years of delays, Turkey's first domestic and national observation satellite was launched into space - with the help of a Falcon 9 rocket created by Musk's company, SpaceX, local news outlet Türkiye Newspaper reported. While the deal's financial details remain unclear, noted that a single Falcon 9 rocket flight costs roughly $62 million. In 2022, per Forbes, Musk and Erdogan shook hands at the World Cup. That year, Turkey signed its deal with SpaceX to launch its domestically produced communications satellite, Türksat 6A. The pair first met in 2017, Forbes reported, before sitting down in 2021 to discuss lithium batteries for electric vehicles and launching satellites. Twitter's decision to throttle access to accounts from Turkey comes as Musk's business ties to the country have solidified following increasing communication between Erdogan and Musk, Elmas noted, based on news coverage of their interactions. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Elon Musk, right, Tesla and SpaceX CEO, prior to their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Nov. Observers were quick to seize on Musk's decision to throttle Twitter accounts at the behest of the Turkish government, which has become more authoritarian since Erdogan took power in 2014, with some Twitter users declaring Musk a " free speech opportunist" in response to the news. Since his takeover last year, Musk's Twitter has complied with more than 80% of government requests for censorship or surveillance of users, according to a report by the technology publication Rest of World - up from a compliance rate of about 50% before his leadership. ![]() "I think they also think that these bans can all be easily circumvented, so blocking accounts isn't impactful, so they can just say yes to the government." "I think Twitter takes this path because the government demanded it," Elmas said. Yakut had previously shared information about Erdogan's governmental dealings and alleged the Turkish leader had been involved in the disappearance of his son-in-law, Turkish Minute reported last week.Įlmas told Insider that the four or five targeted accounts restricted on the social media site likely would not impact the election outcome since targeted users could still post content to YouTube and Facebook or use a VPN to avoid an IP-address-based ban. One account, that of Kurdish businessman Muhammed Yakut, was among those restricted. Tuğrulcan Elmas, a postdoctoral researcher focusing on social media manipulation at Indiana University Bloomington, told Insider he tracked roughly a half dozen accounts posting content related to the Turkish election that had been suspended.Īccording to Elmas, accounts chosen for restriction were some the Turkish government has traditionally targeted because they had ties to political opposition or whistleblowers who have been critical of the country's right-wing leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The details of the legal request and which specific accounts were targeted were not made public. Schiff's office did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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