The government shared interesting data from its research to create the social media law. According to the data, most of the posts shared on Twitter are the posts described as ‘troll’.
President Erdoğan pointed out the regulations to be made on social media months ago, and many updates regarding this social media law were received from the authorities. Work is currently underway to create the law. These studies include the analysis of the posts made on social media platforms.
Government investigations of social media have revealed the audience that owns the posts that are said to be intended to manipulate users. According to the resulting data, almost half of the 1.2 million shipments handled, shared for purposes such as manipulation or ‘troll’.
43% of posts are trolls
In government research 1.2 million Twitter posts examined. As a result, these posts 43% of It turned out that it came from provocative, irrelevant and ‘troll’ accounts. These studies, which were initiated with the aim of “fighting fake news and disinformation”, will be delivered to the parliament by the AKP and government officials before the end of the year, as expected.
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Questions asked in the research “Do you need social media regulation within the scope of immunity to private life and protection of personal data” It was reported by the authorities that 82.6% of the participants answered “Yes” to the question. The law, which is expected to come into effect next year, will hold both users and platforms responsible for the posts made and will ensure that sanctions are applied. Some fear that the social media law will turn into a censorship law.
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https://www.diken.com.tr/akp-arastirmis-paylasimlarin-yariya-yakini-trol/