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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 social media law Turkish parliament ratified in July. YouTube made a similar announcement in December.
The bill stipulates that social media giants like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram must appoint a legal representative in Turkey to whom courts can turn to make requests to remove content or provide the identity of users.
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.
Building the (Fire) Wall: Internet Censorship in the United States and China
28.Dec.2020 9:00 AM . 9 min read
In a time of ever-increasing wealth of information on the internet, China has become notorious for having the most stringent internet censorship policies and surveillance systems in the world. Search engines and social media platforms that are ubiquitous in the United States and much of the world like Google, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter are blocked from China’s internet. In response, the US government, US technology companies, non-profit activist groups, and think tanks have publicly criticized and taken action against China’s restrictive policies. However, the newly instituted “Clean Network Initiative” in the United States strikes eerie parallels with China’s “Great Firewall,” leading to concerns about the state of internet freedom in the United States and abroad. As governments limit what citizens can and can’t see on the web, internet fre
The writer is director of Bolo Bhi, an advocacy forum for digital rights.
A DETAILED investigation published this month by a European NGO revealed a disinformation network active for over 15 years primarily targeted at the European Union and United Nations in pushing Indian interests, and undermining the reputation and stance of Pakistan and China in key European capitals.
Whereas disinformation and propaganda campaigns are nothing new in the international relations arena, it is highly concerning how sophisticated strategies are being employed by Indian groups using a mix of traditional platforms such as the UN system and defunct NGOs, in combination with new technology where fake media outlets are created in 119 countries and promoted on social media.