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ARTICLE · 20 OCTOBER 2020

Procedures And Principles For Social Network Providers In Turkey

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Recent amendments to Turkish Law No. 5651 "On the Regulation of Broadcasts via the Internet and Prevention of Crimes Committed through Such Broadcasts" have widened the scope of Law No. 5651 to cover social network providers.

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Recent amendments to Turkish Law No. 5651 "On the Regulation of Broadcasts via the Internet and Prevention of Crimes Committed through Such Broadcasts" (the "Amendments") have widened the scope of Law No. 5651 to cover social network providers ("SNPs"). We summarise these legislative changes in a previous article, which can be accessed here.

The relevant body to oversee the application of Law No. 5651, the Information and Communication Technologies Authority ("ICTA"), has recently issued a set of Procedures and Principles that shed light on how certain questions relating to Law No. 5651 will be applied to SNPs ("Procedures and Principles"). This secondary regulation was published in the Official Gazette (no. 31262) dated 2 October 2020 and entered into force as of this date. You can access the text of the relevant regulation (in Turkish only) here.

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