Turkey is analyzing the German model of social media regulation that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) is to present to parliament in October, Hürriyet reported daily on Monday.
After considering models for EU countries such as Germany, France and Great Britain, the AK party plans to develop its own model for Turkey.
Ali Özkaya, deputy chairman of the AK party Afyon and deputy chairman of the constitutional commission, told Hürriyet that the regulation of social media does not mean censorship.
According to media reports, Germany changed its criminal law on terrorism and violence in 2017. Sharing content that covers terrorism, sex crimes, pornography, or insults to conscience and religious freedom is just as criminal as disseminating information on the internet.
In Germany, social media platforms have 24 hours to remove illegal content. Failure to do so will result in fines of up to 50 million euros (58.97 million US dollars, 55.25 million Turkish liras). German citizens have a right of appeal if they discover that the content violates applicable law. In addition, a “delete warning” complaint system has been implemented.
Özkaya said these articles should also be included in Turkey’s social media regulations.
People involved in disinformation can be banned from using social media for a period of time and fined.
Social media users who become aware of disinformation in Germany could be sentenced to one to five years in prison and restrict the protection of freedom of expression. He added that he could.
Turkey’s new social media regulations came into effect at the end of 2020, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and other platforms are being used to mark the beginning of a new era for the Turkish people.
According to the AK Party and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the new regulations are aimed at protecting citizens’ personal data, and social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook remove illegal content and are harmful. We have appointed a national representative to block the content.
The government said laws were needed to combat cybercrime and protect users.
The bill lays down a formal definition of what a social media provider is and ensures that the platform names a responsible agent for investigations and legal proceedings related to criminal offenses on the platform.
A social media provider is defined as a natural or legal person who enables users to create, monitor or share online content in the form of text, visual content, audio recordings or places of social interaction.
Foreign social network providers with more than 1 million daily visitors to Turkey have at least one representative in the country. Personal contact information is provided on the website in a clear and accessible manner.
If it is not a legal person, the representative must be a Turkish citizen.
Representatives are responsible for responding within 48 hours to individual requests to remove content that violates privacy and personal rights, or to provide a reason for the rejection. The company is liable for damage if the content is not deleted or blocked within 24 hours.
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