In environments where people share their personal, daily lives like Instagram, I dont believe interference is right, Aslan said. But on channels like Twitter, where people can easily be misled, to be honest, I think regulation is the right thing to do.<\/p>\n
But Tugrul Calis, 62, disagreed. An avid social media user, Calis said he wouldn't want to break the law.<\/p>\n
So what do you do? You automatically self-censor. And thats the worst: A person not being able to freely share his or her thoughts, to censor ones self, Calis said<\/p>\n
Cyber-rights activist, lawyer and academic Yaman Akdeniz warned: These measures will have a chilling effect on Turkish social media platform users and people will be scared to use these platforms because Turkish authorities will have access to the users data.<\/p>\n
Rights groups and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights came out against the bill Tuesday ahead of the vote, with Amnesty International calling it draconian.<\/p>\n
If passed, these amendments would significantly increase the governments powers to censor online content and prosecute social media users. This is a clear violation of the right to freedom of expression online and contravenes international human rights law and standards,\" Amnesty International's Andrew Gardner said.<\/p>\n
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