Hüseyin Yayman, Chairman of the Digital Media Commission of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, pointed out the disinformation spread on social media platforms ahead of the March 31 local elections, saying that there were provocations by stray animals on these platforms , refugees and the economy and the cost of living.
Stressing that digital media is important, but limitless freedom and an understanding that goes to the extent of denigrating the other person is not right, Yayman said: “When we passed the law to combat disinformation, we saw that everyone “Objections to this law made no sense actually, and even the regulation we made did not contain any sanction that would prevent disinformation in society,” he said.
Stating that there is a “global evil” in digital media and social media, Yayman announced that they will put this issue on their agenda again in the coming period.
“Our people are saying, 'TikTok is a national security issue, we want it shut down'”
Yayman, chairman of the Digital Media Commission, said that statements by TikTok representatives before the Digital Media Commission of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in December last year did not satisfy either the commission members or the public.
Yayman explained that while digital networks have their own self-policing mechanisms, they are not enough: “Our people are telling us, 'This TikTok is a national security issue, we want this place shut down,'” he said.
“There are some promises, but we see that those promises are not being fulfilled.”
Yayman asked TikTok representatives: “While you comply with these self-control mechanisms in the United States, Europe and other countries in the world, why do you not comply with them in Turkey? “It meets the standards,” he shouted.
Yayman, chairman of the Digital Media Commission, said: “We are likely to call TikTok representatives to Parliament again in the coming days. Because we see that there is a difference between the answers they give us and the implementation they follow. There are some promises, but we.” We ensure that these promises are not kept and “in coordination with our Information Technologies and Communications Directorate, there are sanction options such as bandwidth limitation, advertising and trading ban and license revocation.” We will do all this in Evaluate consistency with the needs of our nation. We will discuss this topic more intensively and comprehensively in the coming days. shared his knowledge.
“We will never allow Turkey to give in to a troll idea”
Yayman emphasized that the fight against disinformation is a matter that lies above politics and stressed that they will never take a step back on this issue. On the issue of troll accounts, Yayman said: “This is the most raised issue in Parliament and both our MPs and our citizens complain about it. We will never allow Turkey to give in to a troll's idea. Our fight.” against these troll accounts that want to hold politics hostage will continue until the end.” “We will never allow the Republic of Turkey to be threatened by troll accounts in terms of national security. The fight against troll accounts is now a national security issue,” gave his assessment.
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