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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 of Peace to throttle the provider’s bandwidth initially by 50%. The Turkish government should refrain from imposing disproportionate sanctions, given their significant chilling effect on freedom of expression.
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:00 UTC
Turkey banned social media sites that have failed to hire local representatives from advertising Monday, according to the Official Gazette.
Last October, a new social media law came into effect in the country which obligates social media sites that are accessed over a million times per day in Turkey to hire a local representative.
As part of the law,
Turkey has fined social media platforms 40 million Turkish liras ($5.43 million) so far under the first two phases of the process. After the fines, advertisement activities are banned, and in the last two phases, the country will limit bandwidth by 50% and up to 90%, respectively.