Criminal Indictment by the Directorate of Communications Due to Twitter!

Presidential Communications Directorate announced that it has filed a criminal complaint with the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. In the statement, it was stated that through social media platforms -especially Twitter- trying to disinformation reported to have been detected. The Attorney General acted on the complaint. About the subject investigation opened.

According to the petition of the Directorate of Communications, some social media accounts act together and fear, panic and turmoil It produces content that does not reflect reality in order to create Moreover, these contents are spread not only on social networks, but also through media companies that provide services over the internet. Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, the persons who manage the accounts in question by identifyingwill initiate legal action.

“40 million users are reached”

According to the information in the criminal complaint petition, account holders can directly or indirectly, using different names and changing the content concepts of the accounts. 40 million social media users can reach. Directorate of Communications, the disinformation content of this situation very quickly underlined its spread.

In one part of the petition, the following statements were made: “In line with what is explained and the aforementioned news content, twitter social network provider over by identifying account owners who intentionally and systematically produce content publicly disseminating misleading information It has become necessary to demand the punishment of the crime and the crimes to be determined ex officio.”

How many people use the internet in Turkey that 40 million people can be reached?

In the criminal complaint of the Presidency of Communications 40 million figure You may find it exaggerated. TURKSTAT, in August 2022 “Household Information Technologies (IT) Usage Survey – 2022” published the results of his study and How many people use the internet in Turkey had calculated.

According to this; Social media use among individuals aged 16-74 85 percent. The population of this age group in Turkey is approximately 66 million 544 thousand 442 people. According to the statistics, Around 56.5 million citizens We conclude that there is internet access. In other words, according to the denunciation of the Directorate of Communications, content for disinformation purposes is prohibited for citizens with internet access. to a very large part reaching.

Note: Household Information Technologies (IT) Usage Survey – 2022 results from here accessible. We used existing data as the new one will be announced in August 2023. Population numbers were calculated through Address Based Population Registration System Results – 2022 results. Population data from here accessible.