Turkey fines Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and others for breaching new law

 

ANKARA – Turkey has issued fines of ten million lira ($1.2 million) every to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, optical instrument and TikTok for failing to disclose info concerning their representatives in Turkey in due time, as pictured by the country's new law on social media regulation, Deputy Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Omer Sayan aforementioned on Wednesday. In July, the Turkish parliament adopted the law on social media that obliges giant platforms to appoint a Turkish national as a representative within the country. additionally, social media platforms currently got to keep all information of their Turkish customers within Turkey. The law, that formally entered into force in early Gregorian calendar month, additionally envisions the removal of messages that ar thought of offensive by the country's authorities.

In the case of another violation, the authorities will ban advertising on these social networks," Sayan said, adding that the next steps involve reducing internet traffic for violators.The official added that the fine will be reduced fourfold if social media platforms appoint representatives in a timely manner.The United Nations has condemned Turkey's new law and said that it undermined freedom of expression.