Turkey passes law extending sweeping powers over social media platforms, ordering those with 1M+ DAU to open offices in the country and store user data locally
The legislation extends control over social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
New York Times Marc Santora
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@freedomonthenet
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This morning, Turkey's government rushed through a censorial new law tightening its control over social media platforms. This is bad news for internet freedom. A thread ⤵️
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@nytimes
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Turkish lawmakers passed legislation that would give the government sweeping new powers to regulate content on social media. It extends control over social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@bh_friedman
Ben Friedman
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The US government can't stop Turkeys's descent into autocracy, but it could at least object. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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Christian Christensen
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After neutralizing the press, Erdogan and Turkey take another step toward crushing speech. https://twitter.com/...
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If passed, this new law will enable Turkey's government to control social media, to get content removed at will, and to arbitrarily target individual users. It signals a new dark era of online censorship. https://www.hrw.org/... https://twitter.com/...
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Michael Clemens
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Turkey's dictatorship, after becoming the worlds leading jailer of journalists, is taking the next logical step. https://twitter.com/...
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@matinastevis
Matina Stevis-Gridneff
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#BREAKING #Turkey passes law tightening grip on social media triggering concern that it will us the new rules to further stifle criticism and dissent. Turkey's govt is among the world's biggest jailers of journalists, too. https://www.nytimes.com/...