Thank you for sharing our piece, Craig!

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What a beautiful suggestion to show solidarity on this critical issue!

As in Turkey, the government is leveraging "national security" arguments to crack down on political dissidents, control universities, and fire federal government staff. This authoritarianism distorts truth, facilitates human rights abuses under the guise of preventing harm, and undermines democracy.

I also observed Elon Musk pressure his critics into silence during the 2022 acquisition and layoffs.

The parallels to our current moment are unnerving.

In 2017, I researched Turkey's constitutional referendum, which significantly impacted the country's political landscape and substantially increased presidential powers. Later, while I worked at Twitter, I witnessed the continued crackdown of free expression and growing authoritarianism in Turkey.