Turkey’s parliament passed a swathe of new amendments known as the “censorship law” introducing new abusive criminal speech offences that further deepen online censorship
Turkish press unions organized nationwide rallies Tuesday to protest the likely passage of a so-called disinformation bill. They worry that jail sentences of up to three years for spreading fake news could be applied to any news the government disapproves of.
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Turkey has a long history of Internet censorship going back to 2007. Law professor Yaman Akdeniz gives an overview of online censorship during the COVID-19 pandemic.