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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 Erdogan's 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 government's 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, it's a good idea to pay close attention to the President's words. Recep Tayyip Erdogan proclaimed in early July last year that social media should eit...
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