This decision does not change Facebook’s Community Standards, nor the global process for reviewing government requests, and we will withdraw the representative if we face pressure on either, Facebook said in its statement.
According to the law, the local representative of social media companies would be tasked with responding to individual requests to take down content violating privacy and personal rights within 48 hours or to provide grounds for rejection. The company would be held liable for damages if the content is not removed or blocked within 24 hours.
The law also requires social media data to be stored in Turkey, raising concerns in a country where the government has a track record of clamping down on free speech.
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ANKARA, Turkey Turkey on Tuesday slapped advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest over their non-compliance with a controversial new law that requires social media platforms to appoint legal representatives in the country.
The law which human rights and media freedom groups say amounts to censorship forces social media companies with more than one million users to maintain representatives in Turkey to deal with complaints about content on their platforms.
Companies that refuse to designate an official representative are subjected to fines, followed by advertising bans, and could face bandwidth reductions that would make their platforms too slow to use. The ban is on selling online space for ads, which is what many social media companies make their money from.
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey on Tuesday slapped advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest over their non-compliance with a controversial new law that
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Continued failure to comply could jeopardise Twitter s future in Turkey.
ANKARA (AFP) - Turkey on Tuesday hit Twitter, Pinterest and Periscope with advertising bans after they failed to follow Facebook and appoint a local envoy to take down contentious posts under a controversial new law.
Freedom of speech defenders view the new regulations as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s attempt to control social media and clamp down on dissent.
Continued failure to comply could jeopardise Twitter’s future in Turkey, which the platform lists as one of the top three countries along with China and Russia requesting the removal of posts.
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