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\nTurkey\u2019s parliament on Wednesday ratified a bill compelling major social media companies to delete content deemed offensive and to open offices in the country. Global rights groups decried the \u201cdraconian\u201d law as a danger to free speech.
\nAccording to the bill approved on Wednesday, social media companies with over a million daily visitors in Turkey must open offices in the country. They must likewise store data on Turkish users in Turkey, and will have 48 hours to take down any content deemed offensive by authorities. The bill also increases the fines for non-compliance to up to 10 million Turkish lira ($1.4 million). If a social media company refuses to designate an official representative, a Turkish court can order a ban on advertising or reduce its bandwidth, making that social network work slower in Turkey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TLTP ANKARA Turkey\u2019s parliament on Wednesday ratified a bill compelling major social media companies to delete content deemed offensive and to open offices in the country. Global rights groups decried the \u201cdraconian\u201d law as a danger to free speech. According to the bill approved on Wednesday, social media companies with over a million daily visitors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n