A new law that punishes those who spread “fake news” on Social with penalties up to 3 years in prison. He approved it Turkish Parliament Eight months before the presidential election, strengthen the government’s already solid influence over the media. The law passed provides for a criminal sanction for those found guilty of dissemination wrong information or misleading and requires social networks and websites to i personal data by users suspected of “distributing misleading information”.
Not only that: the regulation also allows them Dishes to condemn journalists accredited and regular social media users who “openly disseminate misleading information” from one to three years in prison. The government has also started publishing a weekly newspaper “Disinformation Bulletin” aiming to debunk what she considers fake news with “accurate and truthful information”.
The law was proposed by theaccthe Islamic party of the President Recep Tayyp Erdogan, and was fiercely opposed by the main Turkish opposition groups. The rights group European Council stated that the vague definition of the measure of “Disinformation” and the associated threat of imprisonment can “a frightening effect and cause larger ones self-censorshipalso with regard to the upcoming elections”, which are scheduled June 2023.
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