2021-02-25
Excellent story from @jackgillum which shows how FB in secrecy deploys geo-blocking in Turkey and is just a phone call from the authorities. Only recently FB said its decision to have representation in Turkey didnt change its process for reviewing government requests. Yeah right. https://twitter.com/...
ProPublica
Emails show how Facebook responded to requests by Turkey to censor content during the authoritarian government's 2018 military offensive against Kurds
or risk getting shut down entirely. “I am fine with this,” wrote Sheryl Sandberg. My latest with @JustinElliott: https://www.propublica.org/... Jane Lytvynenko / @janelytv : “I am ...
2020-10-06
Facebook decided NOT to appoint a Turkish based representatives in Turkey in relation to the new social media law. This will be a major blow to the Turkish government's plan to compel dsocial media giants to have legal representation in Turkey. @Facebook https://twitter.com/...
Financial Times
Sources: Facebook has informed the Turkish government that it won't be complying with recent legislation mandating it establish a local presence in the country
Financial Times :
It remains to be seen what Twitter @Policy will decide but the decision of @Facebook NOT to appoint a legal represenatative in Turkey should influence Twitter's decision too.
Financial Times
Sources: Facebook has informed the Turkish government that it won't be complying with recent legislation mandating it establish a local presence in the country
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2020-04-11
Social media companies providing services in Turkey beware. You will come to Turkey, otherwise you will face up to 95% bandwith restrictions says draft law @davidakaye @Dunja_Mijatovic https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
Sources: Turkey is working on a law requiring social media companies with 1M+ Turkish DAUs to appoint local representatives or get bandwidth slashed by 95%
Ali Kucukgocmen / Reuters : Tweets: @cyberrights , @mattgoldstein , @aylushka_a , and @davidakaye Tweets: Yaman Akdeniz / @cyberrights : Social media companies providing services ...