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Factbox: Turkey's new guidelines for social media platforms

Turkey's new legislation on social media has raised considerations a few doable additional crackdown on dissenting voices, whereas President Tayyip Erdogan's authorities says it's essential to extend native accountability of international platforms.
Turkey's new law on social media has raised concerns about a possible further crackdown on dissenting voices, while President Tayyip Erdogan's government says it is necessary to increase local accountability of foreign platforms.

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