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SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey on Tuesday slapped advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest over their non-compliance with a controversial new law that requires social media platforms to appoint legal representatives in the country. The law — which human rights and media freedom groups say amounts to censorship — forces social media companies with more than one million users to maintain representatives in Turkey to deal with complaints about content on ...

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey on Tuesday slapped advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest over their non-compliance with a controversial new law that

Turkey hits Twitter with ad ban under new media law   Published On Continued failure to comply could jeopardise Twitters future in Turkey. ANKARA (AFP) - Turkey on Tuesday hit Twitter, Pinterest and Periscope with advertising bans after they failed to follow Facebook and appoint a local envoy to take down contentious posts under a controversial new law. Freedom of speech defenders view the new regulations as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s attempt to control social media and clamp ...

The Turkish government issued advertising bans for Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest Tuesday when the platforms refrained from complying with a controversial social media law human rights advocates say will stifle free speech online.

Jan 10 2021 01:19 Gmt+3 Last Updated On: Jan 11 2021 08:51 Gmt+3 Social media companies such as YouTube and TikTok should not give into a recent Turkish law which imposes tighter controls on their platforms, said the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a civil and digital rights nonprofit organisation. The statement comes after Tiktok, a Chinese video-sharing social network, announced on Friday it would set up a legal entity in Turkey to serve as a local representative to comply with the new...

Democracy in Turkey is in a deep crisis. Its ruling party, led by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, systematically silences marginalized voices, shuts down dissident TV channels, sentences journalists, and disregards the European Court of Human Rights decisions. As we wrote in November, in this oppressive...

LONDON: YouTube has appointed a Turkish local representative to comply with the country’s controversial internet law, in a decision that human rights groups warn is a violation of free expression. Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday said the move will make YouTube “much more susceptible” to content removal and take-down requests by Turkish authorities. “It will inevitably lead to an increase in arbitrary censorship, compromise people’s privacy and right of access to information, an...