Turkey extends censorship rules to streaming services

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Aug 09, 2011 · Turkey backtracks on censorship According to the Wall Street Journal, Turkey is backtracking on a plan to toughen Internet censorship. The plan, announced in May and set to take hold in August, would have required Turkish Internet service providers (ISPs) to offer four categories of access: family, child, domestic, and standard.

Feb 06, 2014 · Censorship and a very tight control of the internet are already a reality in Turkey. According to Engelliweb.com , around 40,500 websites were blocked in Turkey by the beginning of February Namely, Turkey’s president and his authorities are fending off “devilish” social media users by imposing internet censorship and likely real-world consequences, such as jail time, as a legitimate way to protect Erdogan’s “family honor.” Nov 28, 2017 · China's measures to regulate the internet domestically, dubbed the Great Firewall, boosted the internet censorship trend, and countries such as Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam followed. Jul 01, 2020 · ☑️ Internet freedom around the world declined in 2016 ☑️ Two-thirds of internet users are in countries where censorship is enforced ☑️ Over the past year, there have been arrests in 38 countries just based on users’ social media activity alone

Turkey's internet, which has 42.3 million active users, holds a 'Not Free' ranking in Freedom House's index. Turkish government has constantly blocked websites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Wikipedia. According to Twitter's transparency report, Turkey leads in social media censorship.

Mar 12, 2014 · The Turkish government recently passed a new law that will deepen the existing censorship and surveillance on the Internet. The new law is an amendment to Law #5651, an article of which has been previously condemned by European Court of Human Rights (Ahmet Yildirim vs. Turkish Government case where the Court ruled that Turkey had … Feb 06, 2014 · Censorship and a very tight control of the internet are already a reality in Turkey. According to Engelliweb.com , around 40,500 websites were blocked in Turkey by the beginning of February