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President Erdogan tightens the noose around social media
By massively regulating social media platforms, President Erdogan is trying to silence the remaining critical voices in Turkey, says Christian Mihr of the organisation Reporters Without Borders in his commentary
Turkey is taking steps to close the window on press freedom once and for all. News of more restrictions comes as no surprise: Dozens of journalists have been unlawfully detained and given long prison sentences in unfair trials across Turkey, especially since the failed coup attempt in July 2016. Media pluralism has been all but destroyed. Until recently, social media platforms represented the last safe haven for critical Turkish journalists.
Civil rights activists and opposition politicians have slammed a recently approved amendment to Germany’s law regulating online communications, saying it encroaches on freedom of expression and fragments the European legal space. EURACTIV Germany reports.
Tabled by the German government and approved by parliament on Thursday (6 May), the amendment to the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) claims to strengthen user rights and crack down on online hate speech.
The government says the amendment improves the 2017 law by expanding transparency obligations for social media companies and other online actors, improved user friendliness and regulated researchers’ access to social media data.
“Anyone who is threatened or insulted online must be able to report it simply and without complications,” said German Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht.
Switzerland ticks differently with social media laws
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg takes a grilling before the US Congress in 2018. Xinhua News Agency All Rights Reserved
Fake news, incitement to violence, conspiracy theories, censorship: social media giants have a lot of power - too much according to critics. Is it possible to make the internet a boon for democracy again? Switzerland relies on the judgment of individual users. A global comparison.
This content was published on May 6, 2021 - 09:00
May 6, 2021 - 09:00
Jonas Glatthard
Studied political science and film studies at the University of Zurich, where he discovered his passion for data analysis and international movies. He joined SWI swissinfo.ch in 2020 to work on data driven stories and visualisations.
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