Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, who also made evaluations about the regulations regarding social media channels, said that they are working together with the Ministry of Family and Social Policies, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Internal Affairs on this issue.
“WE ALSO HAVE RULES”
Minister Uraloğlu said, “We are meeting with the Digital Media Commission. There definitely needs to be some regulation. Anyone who takes a microphone or takes a video on social media can spread all kinds of disinformation. The existing regulations are not sufficient. We definitely need to take responsibilities here, not only with the reflex of protecting children, but also with the reflex of protecting the whole society. Companies say, ‘I have rules.’ This is our country, we have our rules too. “No one should be sorry.” He made a statement.
“WE ARE NOT IN A PROHIBITORY MINDSET IN SOCIAL COURSES, BUT WE ARE MAKING A PROTECTIVE EFFORT”
There are decisions and regulations made in this regard in many countries around the world, and we follow them. Social Media is a fact of our lives, of course we cannot ignore it. However, we think that we should primarily protect our children, who have less reasoning abilities and the potential to believe everything they hear. At least, we are working to ensure that the sources providing the information have certain responsibilities and to impose an access barrier under certain age groups. “We are trying to do this with a protectionist mentality, not a prohibitionist mentality.” he said.
“WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN REGULATIONS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE CRITERIA OF OUR COUNTRY”
Noting that there are regulations regarding social media in countries such as France, Germany, Belgium, Austria and America, Minister Uraloğlu said, “We know that civil servants are prohibited from using the TikTok application in many European countries. There are many applications in this sense. “We want to make certain arrangements, taking into account the criteria of our country.” he said.