Turkey s plans for new social media restrictions threaten five years in prison for spreading fake news al-monitor.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from al-monitor.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Erkan Saka, an associate professor of journalism and media studies at Istanbul Bilgi University, said Facebook’s decision was likely made to protect its “relatively good” advertisement revenue in Turkey.
“This all proves that commercial companies are not always reliable in opposing authoritarian regimes,” Saka told Al-Monitor, adding, “I believe Twitter will not comply, not because of an idealist point of view but because of its financial calculations. [Turkish] citizens will again need to rely on circumvention tools to use Twitter.”
I had also stated this:
Facebook first decided not to comply but when Google complied, a few weeks ago, which was followed by Daily Motion, Tiktok, and Linkedin, the former had to give in. Google Turkey, from the outset, was very eager to comply- as I heard from several sources. I do not know who governs that entity but they sure follow the evil Google HQ generates. Facebook was very careful not to oppose the Turkish government but Fa
The Turkish government issued advertising bans for Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest Tuesday when the platforms refrained from complying with a controversial social media law human rights advocates say will stifle free speech online.
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Turkey is advocating the services of local messaging apps in the wake of Facebook plans to integrate the social network’s messaging services, a step critics say will weaken users’ protection against digital snooping and further tighten the police state grip on freedoms.
Last week WhatsApp, which was bought by Facebook in 2014, set out new terms asking users to agree for location and other personal data to be passed to its parent company, prompting many Turkish users to delete their WhatsApp accounts.
Spurring the exodus from WhatsApp, the head of the government’s digital office, Ali Taha Koc, called on Turks to “stand against fascism together”, a reference to a November speech by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in which he called for a stance against “digital fascism”.