Ankara is ‘grateful’ for Twitter support For the country’s efforts to combat disinformation in getting up of deadly which earthquakes hit Southern Turkey regionCountry Communication Director Fahrettin Altoun said on Thursday.
The Turkish authorities held a fruitful meeting with Twitter yesterday. We are grateful for The Twitter Collaboration and Pledge support Turkey’s efforts combat “Misinformation,” Alton said. on Twitter.
His remarks came a day after Turkey reminded Twitter of its responsibilities towards disinformation, false Fake help reports and campaigns, fake accounts and improper sharing information on the social media platform.
Misinformation humanity’s common enemy a serious threat to democracy, social Peace and national protection. we are looking forward for work more Carefully with Twitter over the next A few days and weeks,” Alton said.
Previously, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emphasized the need to fight against agitators who use Misleading information to cause confusion and distress among people.
Twitter has been restricted in Turkey on Wednesday, the NetBlocks online observatory said.
“at present network data show Twitter is restricted in turkey; Filter is applied on Major internet providers come in the form of public Come to count on the service in the aftermath of a series of deadly said NetBlocks, which tracks connection around the world.
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure was not available for comment. information and Communication The BTK, the institution with the authority to impose such restrictions, falls under the Department of Transportation.
Cyber rights expert W professor At Istanbul Bilgi University, Yaman Akdeniz said on Twitter that Turkish laws have several articles maybe lead tied up of access to Twitter.
Akdeniz said it was not immediately clear what had happened caused The limitation is adding it access To Tiktok it was also Limited in Turkey.
no less than 12873 people They were killed and 62,937 others were injured in two powerful earthquakes that struck southern Turkey on Monday.
Earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6, centered in Affected Kahramanmaras region more from 13 million people Across 10 provinces, including Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Şanlıurfa.
several countries in the regionincluding Syria and Lebanon, felt strong tremors that hit Turkey in a space of less than 10 hours.
