February 11, 2021
ANKARA
A smartphone app will be developed in coordination with a university in Turkey that will provide safe and efficient information sharing on the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in countries and measures being taken to address it.
The Pandemic Virus Monitoring Application, or PandeVITA, is supported by the European Commission within the framework of the EU research and innovation funding program Horizon 2020.
The project is being coordinated by the Communications and Design Department of Bilkent University in the Turkish capital Ankara and carried out by Finland, Germany, Spain and Belgium.
The aim of the project is to develop a platform and smartphone application that will enable more effective information transfer between citizens, scientists, and the political and economic realms on pandemic crises.
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.
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.