Turkey Bans Ads On Twitter, Periscope, Pinterest
After advertisement ban, social media sites bandwidth to be limited. 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.