Erkan also quoted: “Turkey’s plans five years in prison for spreading fake news

https://ift.tt/3zn7BOQ

Turkey’s plans for new social media restrictions threaten five years in prison for spreading fake news

Al-Monitor

… moment it’s quite ambiguous, but I think its mission is to intimidate social media users,” said Erkan Saka, head of media at Istanbul Bilgi University.

Report: Turkey to establish a ‘social media regulator’ to prevent ‘terror of lies’

Bianet :: English

Those who spread fake news on social media will face up to five years in prison, a pro-government daily has reported.

The post Erkan also quoted: “Turkey’s plans five years in prison for spreading fake news appeared first on Erkan's Field Diary.

Related posts:

1. Need for a crowdsourcing software in writing Turkey’s new constitution…
2. Quoted in “Media in Turkey: a testing site of censorship and control
3. Quoted in a CPJ analysis: “Turkish courts play whack-a-mole with independent news outlets
4. Erkan’ın da sunum yapacağı “HackCon I: ‘Hacker’ nedir, ne değildir?” Paneli bu Cumartesi @altbilisim
5. An update on academics’ travel ban in Turkey – Not too good-

Vía Erkan’s Field Diary https://ift.tt/3gv1bFY