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Turkey Fines Social Media Giants $3.8M for Failure to Hire Local Representatives, Report Says

© AP Photo / Emrah GurelView of Istanbul with the Bosporus and the Bosporus Bridge in Turkey. (File)
View of Istanbul with the Bosporus and the Bosporus Bridge in Turkey. (File) - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - Turkey's Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) on Friday ordered several global social media platforms to pay a fine of 30 million Turkish liras ($3.8 million) each for failing to appoint local representatives, as mandated by recent legislation, the national Anadolu Agency reported.

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Periscope, Linkedin, Dailymotion, TikTok and other platforms with over one million daily users in Turkey had until November 2 to hire local representatives after the new media law came into force on October 1.

It is already the second series of penalties after the first 30-day period, when the Turkish authorities imposed a fine of 10 million Turkish liras (around $1.2 million) on the social media platforms over the same violation.

© AFP 2023 / UGUR CANComputer users are pictured in an internet cafe in Istanbul (File)
Turkey Fines Social Media Giants $3.8M for Failure to Hire Local Representatives, Report Says - Sputnik International
Computer users are pictured in an internet cafe in Istanbul (File)

In case of non-compliance, subsequent sanctions will include an advertising ban from Turkish companies and a gradual reduction of the internet bandwidth of the platforms.

The fine has not been issued against the Russian social network Vkontakte, which has appointed a representative in line with the new law.

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