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Companies that fail to comply with the new law will face extra fines, a ban on advertising, or having bandwidth slashed by Turkish internet providers (Photo: Tom Raftery)

Turkey to fine social media giants under new law

Turkey has fined top social media firms, including Facebook and Twitter, 10 million lire (€1.1m) each for failing to appoint a representative able to address complaints from state authorities, as required by a new social media law, deputy transport and infrastructure minister Ömer Fatih Sayan said on Wednesday (4 November).

The Turkish parliament, in July, passed a controversial legislation which aims to further strengthen state control...

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

Companies that fail to comply with the new law will face extra fines, a ban on advertising, or having bandwidth slashed by Turkish internet providers (Photo: Tom Raftery)

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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