Turkey Announces Plan to Restrict ‘Fake’ Social Media Accounts
By Selcan Hacaoglu - Jun 20, 2013 1:53 PM GMT+0300
Turkey will prevent the opening of “fake” social media accounts as part of its efforts to criminalize the incitement of protests, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said today.
Hundreds of thousands of fake accounts have been opened since protests erupted on May 31, disseminating lies and slander and using social media like a “weapon” to incite hatred, Bozdag told reporters in Ankara today. “The opening of fake accounts by individuals will be prevented,” he said. “Slander is a crime under law whether it comes from Twitter, Facebook, news websites, television or from the squares.”
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