Torba will appoint a social media representative with the law

The government is expected to enact a new bag of laws soon within the scope of the fight against the coronavirus epidemic. Sözcü Newspaper’s tips, the bag law also includes regulations on social media. According to the text of the Law on the Amendment of some laws that are expected to be brought to the agenda of the Turkish Grand National Assembly soon, new additions are brought to the Law on the Organization of Publications on the Internet No. 5651 and the fight against crimes committed through these publications. New additions are as follows:

Social Network Provider Definition is Made

Social networks, which allow people to create, view and share messages such as images, text, sound and location on the internet, are defined as “social network provider ıyla with the article added to the Law of Real or Legal Persons.

BTK Office can be inspected

The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) will be able to supervise whether the obligations of social network providers are fulfilled. In this context, BTK event will be able to conduct or do the local (office) examination. Supervisors and officers of law enforcement officers and other public institutions will also support these inspections.

At least 1 official in Türkiye will be found

In order to send the notifications, notifications or requests of Social networks, CTK, judicial and administrative authorities, which are entry by more than 1 million people from Türkiye, to be sent to the applications of the persons as authorized in Türkiye.

The social network provider will easily see the contact information of this authorized person and have a direct accessible website. In the event that it is not available, the relevant social network provider will be applied to the magistrate’s penalty dominance by the ICTA to narrow the internet traffic of the internet traffic by 59 percent.

If the representative is not determined within 30 days following the decision, the internet traffic of the relevant social network provider will be narrowed by 95 percent of the bandwidth.

People will also be able to demand the content pavement

With the new regulation, people will be able to apply for social providers for content pavement. The relevant social network provider will be obliged to respond to the applications made by people for content within 72 hours.

If the relevant provider does not answer 100 thousand pounds to 1 million pounds will face a fine. The relevant social network provider will be required to notify the Reports containing statistical and categorical information on applications to the BTK every three months.

Data will be hosted in Türkiye

Social network provider from Türkiye, which provides more than one million people from Turkey, provides access to domestic or international origin, will accommodate the data of users in Türkiye in Türkiye. Social network providers who do not fulfill this requirement of 1 million Turkish Liras to 5 million Turkish Liras administrative fine will be applied.

If the content is not removed, it will encounter compensation

In case the content of the social network provider is transmitted by the judge or a court decision, the relevant social network provider will compensate the damages arising if the relevant social network provider does not remove the content within 24 hours or does not prevent access to the content. In other words, if the content is not removed, it will no longer produce content, but also a penalty that allows it to publish and spread.