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Turkey launches sweeping oversight for all online content
- NYOOOZ Reporter
- Thursday | 1st August, 2019
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey on Thursday granted its radio and television watchdog sweeping oversight for all online content, including streaming platforms like Netflix and online news outlets, in a move that raised concerns over possible censorship. The regulation, published in Turkey’s Official Gazette on Thursday, mandates all online content providers to obtain broadcasting licenses from RTUK, which will then supervise the content put out by the providers. In addition to subscription services like Netflix, free online news outlets which rely on advertising for their revenues will also be subject to the same measures. A spokeswoman for Netflix in Turkey said the platform was closely following developments and wanted to continue providing content for Turkey. “Everyone who produces alternative news and broadcasts will be impacted by this regulation,” Altiparmak wrote on Twitter.
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