One of Turkey’s largest social communication platforms Sour Dictionary A new statement was made regarding the access barrier brought for
The official statement made by Ekşi Sözlük is as follows: it happened: “Hello. We were able to have a meeting with the BTK on the subject, and we also received a hand notification of the decision of the criminal judge of peace, whose decision number we shared with you before. The aforementioned decision was made in accordance with Article 8/a of Law No. 5651 with the letter of the Presidency of Administrative Affairs, General Directorate of Security Affairs; No content was used as a basis for this decision. As a reason for the blocking of our entire site, Incorrect information was given to the public by the authors of Ekşi Sözlük, the society was tried to be directed, Although the decisions to block access given by the peace judgeships are fulfilled by the management, the public order was affected by the fact that the society could not reach the correct information during this period, especially after the earthquake, false information was given about the military and state institutions, the society was directed and the state was shown as incapable. It has been shown that the site administrators do not show the necessary reaction to false and slanderous articles, internal control is not provided, harmful posts and comments are not prevented by Ekşi Sözlük management.
As indicated in the justification, as a website subject to the legislation of the Republic of Turkey, we implement court orders and strictly fulfill all our other legal obligations. However, we use our moderation activity at the highest capacity in social events such as the recent disaster. Just as GSM operators experience disruptions in their operations due to congestion, the response rate may slow down due to the fact that the content increases much faster than normal in such events. We will work to prevent these agglomerations. However, as everyone will admit, even in these situations, our response speed is faster than any social media platform we can compare with, we have the same sensitivities as our users and readers.
In such major events, we do not see our responsibilities only within the limits of the law, we also make an effort to take action quickly as a humanitarian. Although the responsibility given to us by the law as a hosting provider is limited, we are sensitive about content that will cause outrage in the society, and we interfere with such titles and contents. We do not separate any segment, thought or person in our interventions, we always try to preserve polyphony. Although this effort does not make anyone happy today, our aim is to keep the collective memory record by conveying the thoughts of people from all walks of life, rather than making someone happy. We will take all legal remedies against the decision. If there is any development, we will share it with you. Thank you for all your support so far.”
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For those who missed it, in the decision that was added to the BTK’s website the other day. “Access is blocked by the decision of the information technologies and communication institution dated 21/02/2023 and numbered 490.05.01.2023.-100029” it was said. In the first statement made on Ekşi Sözlük’s Twitter account, “Hello, we have seen that there is a decision on the access blocking, but we do not know the details, we are trying to get information from the authorities. As we get information, we will share it” expressions were used. Well, one of the most visited internet platforms in Turkey. Sour Dictionary Why was it blocked for access? In morning times According to the shared news dictionary “The Presidency or the protection of national security and public order” and specifically for the reason set forth in Article 8/A of the Internet Law No. 5651. According to the news of Gülseven Özkan from Independent TurkishIn the relevant article (8/A) titled “Removal of content and/or prevention of access in cases where delay is objectionable” added to the Law in 2015, the following statements are included:
“The Presidency or the national security and public order, prevention of crime, in cases where the judge or delay is inconvenient due to one or more of the reasons such as the right to life and the protection of life and property of persons, the protection of national security and public order, the prevention of crime or the protection of general health. or upon the request of the Ministries related to the protection of general health, the President may decide to remove the content and/or block the access regarding the broadcast on the internet. The law is also “Suicide, sexual abuse of children, facilitating drug use, supply of hazardous substances for health, obscenity” It also includes an access block for publications that have sufficient grounds for suspicion that they constitute crimes such as
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