Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:00 UTC
Turkey banned social media sites that have failed to hire local representatives from advertising Monday, according to the Official Gazette.
Last October, a new social media law came into effect in the country which obligates social media sites that are accessed over a million times per day in Turkey to hire a local representative.
As part of the law,
Turkey has fined social media platforms 40 million Turkish liras ($5.43 million) so far under the first two phases of the process.
After the fines, advertisement activities are banned, and in the last two phases, the country will limit bandwidth by 50% and up to 90%, respectively.