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Top streaming platforms Twitch and Kick have been blocked in Turkey because of the government's concerns over gambling.

Turkey’s electronic communications sector had total net sales of TL41.5 billion (€1.51 billion) in the first quarter of this year. This, according to Hurriyet, quoting a quarterly report by the Turkish Information and Communications Technologies Authority (BTK), was 45% more than in the same period last year. Net sales of the top four telcos rose…

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 ...

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...