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Turkey has a long history of Internet censorship going back to 2007. Law professor Yaman Akdeniz gives an overview of online censorship during the COVID-19 pandemic.

For more than five years, Teyit has been using a variety of channels to debunk false claims in public discourse.

IFEX joins rights groups in calling for the lawsuit against Yaman Akdeniz to be dropped. It was launched because of his tweets about the censorship of reports into criminal investigations and civil lawsuits against journalists who reported on the Paradise Papers.

Recep Tayyip Erdogans monitoring of the digital realm Having taken control of the traditional media, Turkish President Erdogan is now extending his reach to the social networks. A new law has been passed to rein in major digital players Twitter and Google. But the governments attempt to dominate public opinion is producing some bizarre outgrowths, reports Ronald Meinardus from Istanbul In order to understand what is going on in Turkey today, its a good idea to pay close attention to the Presid...

This story by Jack Gillum and Justin Elliott was originally published by ProPublica. This content is being shared here because the topic may interest Snopes readers; it does not, however, represent the work of Snopes fact-checkers or editors. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. As Turkey launched a military offensive against Kurdish minorities in neighboring Syria in early 2018, Face...

How Facebook’s No 2 executive silenced an enemy of Turkey to protect the tech giant’s business Newly disclosed emails amid a 2018 Turkish military campaign show the platform’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg agreed to block a Kurdish group’s page. Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg. | Jim Watson/AFP As Turkey launched a military offensive against Kurdish minorities in neighbouring Syria in early 2018, Facebook’s top executives faced a political...

Amid a 2018 Turkish military campaign, Facebook ultimately sided with Turkey’s demand to block the page of a mostly Kurdish militia. “I am fine with this,” Sandberg wrote.

EFF has been tracking the Turkish government’s crackdown on tech platforms and its continuing efforts to force them to comply with draconian rules on content control and access to users’ data. As of now, the Turkish government has now managed to coerce Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok into appointing...

"This decision does not change Facebook’s Community Standards, nor the global process for reviewing government requests, and we will withdraw the representative if we face pressure on either," Facebook said in its statement. According to the law, the local representative of social media companies would be tasked with responding to individual requests to take down content violating privacy and personal rights within 48 hours or to provide grounds for rejection. The company would be held liable...

UPDATE: Facebook has joined YouTube and TikTok to appoint a legal entity in Turkey to comply with Turkish draconian social media law. Twitter, Periscope, and Pinterest stayed strong against the requirements of the Law. Now, the Turkish regulator (BTK) has sanctioned them by prohibiting Turkish taxpayers from placing ads and making payments to them. If twitter, Periscope, and Pinterest continue to refuse to appoint a representative until April 2021, the BTK can apply to a Criminal Judgeship ...