The new regulations strengthen the government’s already tight control over the media; eight months before elections that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan enters trailing in the polls.
The approved law imposes a criminal penalty for those found guilty of spreading false or misleading information.
It requires social media platforms and websites to provide personal information of individuals suspected of propagating false information.
Furthermore, it allows the courts to sentence accredited reporters and regular social media users who “openly spread misleading information” to between one and three years in jail.
Additionally, the government has begun releasing a weekly “disinformation bulletin”; with the intention of refuting misleading information with correct and truthful information.
The ambiguous definition of “disinformation” in the law, coupled with the prospect of jail time, according to the Council of Europe’s rights organization, might have a “chilling effect” and lead to more self-censorship, especially with the up coming elections in June 2023.from 1stnews
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