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For the first time, Twitter has applied its policy on "hateful" conduct against the LGBT community to a Turkish politician. This decision comes in the midst of discussions around Turkish draconian Social Media Law. 1/ reuters.com/article/turkey…
Turkey’s government has been working to control foreign social media platforms for many years. Under the new Social Media Law, failure to appoint a local representative leads to stiff fines, advertisement ban, and throttling of the provider’s bandwidth. 2/
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The Turkish Internet Law and amendments require large platforms to appoint a local representative, localize their data, and speed up the removal of content on-demand from the Turkish government. 3/ eff.org/deeplinks/2020…
Twitter has stayed strong against the requirements of Turkish Social Media Law and now faces an advertisement ban within Turkey. Twitter's noncompliance with Turkish Social Media Law may give it more leeway to apply its policies against politicians. 4/ eff.org/deeplinks/2021…
Unfortunately, Facebook, Youtube, and TikTok have capitulated. It remains to be seen if Facebook, Youtube, and TikTok will apply their policies against Turkish politicians like they have in the US. 5/
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All this is happening in the midst of concerning actions by the Turkish government around its judiciary: it has forced the removal of more than 30 Turkish judges and prosecutors. 6/
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Turkey’s ruling party systematically silences marginalized voices, shuts down dissident TV channels, sentences journalists, censors digital content, and disregards the European Court of Human Rights decisions. 7/ eff.org/deeplinks/2020…
Yaman Akdeniz (@cyberrights), founder of @ifadeorgtr says, “in the absence of due process, YouTube and any other social media platform provider willing to come to Turkey risk becoming the long arm of the Turkish judiciary.” 8/
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