Turkey's TV and radio watchdog granted oversight of online content, including streaming services; online content providers must now get broadcasting licenses
Reuters : Tweets: @asliaydintasbas , @nervana_1 , @diegocupolo , @humeyra_pamuk , and @p_zalewski See also Mediagazer Tweets: Asli Aydintasbas / @asliaydintasbas : Stupid idea for today's world! Turkey wants to censor Netflix! We live in 2019 but Turkish bureacracy is stuck in 1984! https://twitter.com/... Nervana Mahmoud / @nervana_1 : The Pakistanisation of #Turkey is complete https://twitter.com/... Diego Cupolo / @diegocupolo : “The regulation granting RTUK the authority to censor the internet came into effect today... Soon, access to the Netflix platform or to news outlets broadcasting from abroad... could be blocked,” via @cyberrights. https://www.reuters.com/... Hmeyra Pamuk / @humeyra_pamuk : What a shame. #Turkey's radio and television watchdog will now be able to supervise all online content, including Netflix and YouTube - increasing concerns over censorship , which is already too common across Turkish broadcast channels https://www.reuters.com/... Piotr Zalewski / @p_zalewski : Unless they comply with the guidelines, Netflix and others “would be given 30 days to adjust their content to the required standards or face having their licenses suspended for three months and later canceled.” https://www.reuters.com/... See also Mediagazer