Businesses Can Be Sued For Facebook Crashing

Internet users around the world, Facebook It has not yet overcome the effect of the problem that prevents access to its services for hours. The users, who lasted about 6 hours and could not access any system in this process, later returned to their old order, but there is a section that suffers from the wounds caused by the problems experienced. This segment is available via WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram. earning money by doing business people.

With the collapse of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, these platforms could not be used by anyone. As such, people who do business on these platforms, They lost income for 6 hours. Lawyer, President of the IT Law Association, who made statements on the subject. Kursat Ergun made a remarkable statement. Ergün, the people or institutions affected by the interruption case that they can open told.

Forced companies to appoint representatives worked

According to the statements made by Kürşat Ergün, with the Social Media law brought by the government, companies Appointment of representatives of Turkey, made it possible to find an interlocutor in our country. Stating that it is much easier to file a lawsuit against the company in this way, Ergün emphasized that the proceedings will be carried out by the local courts. Stating that a similar situation has been experienced in many countries, the lawyer said that Facebook has been used repeatedly. was sentenced to compensation told.

The statement of Attorney Kürşat Ergün, President of the IT Law Association, on the subject is as follows:

In this case, the question of how to compensate for this loss of income comes to mind. With the latest amendment made in the Law No. 5651, in which the basic regulations regarding the internet are made, the social network providers from abroad with daily access of more than 1 million from Turkey; at least one authorized person It has been made mandatory to designate him as a representative in Turkey and to include the contact information of this person on the website in a way that can be easily seen and directly accessed. Facebook and Instagram also determined the representatives of Turkey. As clearly stated in the law, these representatives shall comply with the notices, notifications or requests to be sent by judicial or administrative authorities. have to fulfill. Therefore, individuals and institutions claiming to have suffered commercial losses will show Facebook and Instagram companies as parties in the lawsuits they will file; notices during litigation through the agency can perform.