Australia’s eSafety commissioner criticises Twitter’s ‘inconsistent’ response to government requests

Julie Inman Grant tells Senate estimates Twitter’s slowness to tackle online child abuse material is in contrast to its blocking of anti-Erdoğan tweets in the lead-up to the Turkish election

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Twitter is being “inconsistent” with its responsiveness to government requests from Australia while complying with orders to block political tweets in Turkey, the Australian eSafety commissioner has said.

Earlier this month, Twitter revealed it had blocked access in Turkey to four accounts and 409 tweets in response to a court order in the lead-up to the country’s elections. The four accounts were critical of the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and reportedly included tweets from an activist, a journalist and a businessman.

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