lately Turkey’s agenda One of the busy events social media law. To those who made false news and shared misleading information on the Internet, which was accepted by the Turkish Grand National Assembly last month. imprisonment The bill containing the bill drew the reaction of internet giants. Google and Meta, disinformation proposalasked for a re-evaluation.
Meta and Google Turkey: Re-evaluate the bill
According to the news of Milliyet fake news and posts up to 3 years in prison The bill drew the reaction of Google and Meta (Facebook). At the same time, such companies from BTK obtaining electronic communication authorization and carrying out its activities in Turkey. as a joint stock or limited company It also brings obligations such as maintaining it through an established representative.
Google and Meta especially if BTK authority and joint stock or limited company requirement They said that such issues will force all social networking platforms. Because of the bill They asked for a re-evaluation.
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Pelin Kuzey Karaman, Google Turkey Government Relations and Public Policy Manager, used the following statements about the disinformation proposal;
We truly regret that our company may not be able to meet the requirements of the current law. We believe that the formal and institutional conditions of the obligation to appoint representatives will be re-evaluated in line with the purposes of the draft, and we request your support for a regulation that can enable social providers to act more quickly and more effectively in terms of compliance with the law, which has not failed their investments and efforts to date.
shiftdelete.netMeta (Facebook) Turkey and Azerbaijan Public Policy Director Sezen Yeşil’s statements are as follows;
The scope of these obligations is very broad and there are many uncertainties about how they will be implemented in practice. In case of non-compliance, very serious penalties such as fines based on global turnover, advertising ban, band reduction are envisaged. In addition, sufficient time is not given for compliance with the items. We consider that more time and further consultation with interested parties is needed to analyze the effects of the provisions contained in this proposal.
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