Turkey: Alarming plans to further crackdown on social media
(World News Austria)

Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners are alarmed by the Turkish President`s threats to further restrict or shut down social media. We call on Turkey to comply with its international obligations and refrain from measures that will further prevent and disrupt exercising the right to freedom of expression and information online. On 1 July, AKP Chair and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that his party will draft a bill to either control or completely shut down social media in Turkey. The threat came after Erdoğan`s daughter and son-in-law received insulting messages on Twitter after announcing the birth of their new child, which resulted in a number of detentions. The...