Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Xinhua/Mustafa Kaya/IANS)

Erdogan Targets Social Media

July 17, 2020

The Turkish government is set to establish a parliamentary commission to further regulate the usage of social media platforms.

The launching of the “Digital Mediums Commission” coincides with the plans of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to adopt legislation to increase the government’s control over free expression on social media. The opposition views this move as attempt to crush criticism.

The draft legislation requires the appointment of Turkey representatives for social media providers, especially Twitter and Netflix to respond to legal requests.

The regulation would allow the government to implement access bans and impose legal and fiscal penalties.

The draft regulation with nine articles is expected to be adopted before parliament goes on vacation on July 24.

Social Media giant Twitter’s official figures show that 74 percent of the legal requests to remove Twitter content originated from Turkey. The latest “Blocked Web” annual report by Freedom of Expression Association said that access to a total of 408,394 websites was blocked from 2014 to the end of 2019.

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