Ankara is “grateful” for Twitter’s assist to the nation’s anti-disinformation efforts within the wake of lethal earthquakes that hit Türkiye’s southern area, the nation’s Communication Director Fahrettin Altun stated on Thursday.
“Turkish authorities held a productive meeting with Twitter yesterday. We are grateful for Twitter’s cooperation and pledge to support Türkiye’s efforts to combat disinformation,” Altun stated on Twitter.
His remarks got here a day after Türkiye reminded Twitter about its duties towards disinformation, false studies, pretend support campaigns, pretend accounts and sharing incorrect info on the social media platform.
“Disinformation is humanity’s common enemy and a grave threat to democracy, social peace and national security. We look forward to working more closely with Twitter over the next few days and weeks,” Altun stated.
Previously, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan emphasised the necessity to struggle in opposition to provocateurs who use disinformation to create confusion and misery amongst folks.
“Twitter has been restricted in Türkiye on Wednesday,” the Netblocks web observatory stated.
“Real-time network data show Twitter has been restricted in Turkey; the filtering is applied on major internet providers and comes as the public come to rely on the service in the aftermath of a series of deadly earthquakes,” stated Netblocks, which tracks connectivity throughout the globe.
The Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry was not obtainable for remark. The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), the establishment that has the authority to impose such restrictions, comes beneath the Transportation Ministry.
Cyber rights knowledgeable and professor at Istanbul Bilgi University, Yaman Akdeniz, stated on Twitter that Turkish legal guidelines have a number of articles that would result in a restriction of entry to Twitter.
Akdeniz stated it was instantly unclear what induced the restriction, including that entry to Tiktok was additionally restricted in Türkiye.
At least 12,873 folks have been killed and 62,937 others have been injured by two robust earthquakes which jolted southern Türkiye on Monday.
The magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 earthquakes, centered within the Kahramanmaraş province, affected greater than 13 million folks throughout 10 provinces, together with Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Şanlıurfa.
Several nations within the area, together with Syria and Lebanon, felt robust tremors that struck Türkiye in an area of lower than 10 hours.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
