Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) meets with CEO of Twitter Elon Musk (R) at the ... [+] Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on November 8, 2017.
Twitter announced late Friday that it’s blocking some content in Turkey ahead of Sunday’s presidential election in the country.
The social media company did not explain which tweets would be blocked, nor who made the request, but current president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has previously blocked Twitter across all of Turkey.
“In response to legal process and to ensure Twitter remains available to the people of Turkey, we have taken action to restrict access to some content in Turkey today,” Twitter’s Global Government Affairs account announced on Friday.
If neither candidate wins more than 50% of the vote, a run off election will take place on May 28, according to NPR.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk defended the censorship on Saturday in a tweet to commentator Matt Yglesias, who joked that there would eventually be “Twitter Files” reporting about the incident.
Twitter responded to questions about the censorship of content in Turkey with a poop emoji, an automated response set up by Musk back in March. »