Türkiye: President Accuses Social Networks of Digital Fascism
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August 5, 2024 Hour: 5:49 pm
The President made the statements when members of his government were holding dialogues with representatives of Instagram to restore user access in the Turkish nation.
Türkiye president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused social media of digital fascism due to policies implemented that he classifies as crimes against the nation.
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The President made the statements when members of his government were holding dialogues with representatives of Instagram to restore user access in the Turkish nation.
The Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Turkish Republic, Abdulkadir Uraloglu, said that “a meeting was held last week with officials from the social media platform Instagram, whose access we block because of the policies implemented under the Catalogue of Offences”.
“The meeting conveyed our sensitivities regarding compliance with the laws of the Turkish Republic,” said the minister.
Last week, a meeting was held with the officials of the social media platform Instagram, whose access we blocked due to the policies implemented within the framework of catalog crimes. In the meeting held; Our sensitivities regarding compliance with the laws of the Republic of Turkey were conveyed. We will meet with them again this afternoon. We hope that they will do what is necessary to meet our demands; We expect positive developments to occur.
He said, “We will meet them again this afternoon. We hope they will do what is necessary to satisfy our demands. We look forward to positive developments”
In this sense, local media said that the measure responds to Instagram excluding posts from Turkish users who expressed their condolences for the assassination of the political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh.
Autor: OSG
Fuente: EFE
