Turkish Parliament passes law to regulate social media content
Published 29 Jul,2020 via Hürriyet Daily News - The Turkish Parliament passed a law that will give authorities more powers to control social media content early July 29.
The law requires foreign social media sites like Twitter and Facebook to appoint Turkish-based representatives to address authorities’ concerns over content and includes deadlines for removal of material they take exception to.
Companies could face fines, the blocking of advertisements or have bandwidth slashed by up to 90 percent, essentially blocking access, under the new regulations on cases such as if they fail to designate a representative or if the content that has been found unacceptable is not removed or blocked within 24 hours.
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