While young protesters faced police batons and tear gas, the government moved swiftly to erase dissent online, using court orders to block access to 700 accounts, including those belonging to prominent dissidents and protest organizers. On March 26, X announced that it would appeal against the blocking of 126 accounts, including journalists Metin Cihan and Hayko Bagdat’s accounts. For example, the accounts of prominent investigative journalists like Cevheri Guven, who exposed high-level corruption within the Turkish government, and Adem Yavuz Arslan, who challenged the government's official “July 15” narrative, remain blocked without any indication that X intends to fight for their reinstatement.