According to the new regulation published in the Official Gazette, radio and TV broadcasts on the internet will be under the authority of the RTÜK and the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK). Bianet reported on Thursday.
Digital platforms such as Netflix will be obliged to get a license from the RTÜK to broadcast on the internet.
Kerem Altıparmak, an associate professor in human rights law and constitutional law, told bianet that the regulation is similar to the draft regulation published in September 2018.
Saying that the RTÜK exceeds the RTÜK exceeds the authority given by the law, Altıparmak said:
“An additional article was added to Law No. 6112 on Foundation and Broadcasting Services of Radios and Televisions. In that article, it was determined that internet broadcasting will be subjected to license. But a regulation was prescribed. Now, this regulation gives authority that exceeds the law to the RTÜK. From now on, the implementation of all provisions of Law No. 6112 by the RTÜK is in question.
With the regulation, the RTÜK will be able to define obscenity, general morality or national integrity for internet broadcasting as it does for TV broadcasting, Altıparmak underscored.
“The first platforms that come to mind to be affected are platforms that broadcast continuously such as Netflix or BluTV but there are many vague areas in the regulation. The situation of channels that do not broadcast continuously but regularly such as Deutsche Welle Turkish, BBC Turkish or other websites is very uncertain,” he said.
“While YouTube is not responsible as a platform, if people who broadcast on Youtube or channels that continuously will be affected is left up in the air, which I think is intentional.
Turkish authorities have in recent years blocked Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Twitter, Google Drive and other online tools, while the government manages an army of Twitter bots that disseminate pro-government views.
Wikipedia has been blocked in Turkey since 2017
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, which has taken over or closed down hundreds of media outlets in the country including Turkey’s best-selling newspaper, Zaman, and has jailed around 200 journalists due to their critical views since a failed coup in 2016, is criticized for silencing the free press in the country.
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