It is envisaged that significant regulations regarding social interaction platforms that are frequently preferred by the users for purpose of communication shall be introduced to the Law on the Regulation of Broadcasts via Internet and Prevention of Crimes Committed through Such Broadcasts numbered 5651 (“Law”) by the draft law to be submitted to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the enactment.
According to such regulations, the social network providers, originating from Turkey or abroad, that have daily access from Turkey over one million shall be obliged to (i) store the local users’ (users in Turkey) data in Turkey; (ii) assign at least one competent person in Turkey in order to fulfil requirements arising from notifications, notices or requests and reply the applications; (iii) notify the Information and Communications Technologies Authority of the identity and communication data of such assigned person, and publish, in a way of simply visible and directly accessible, the communication data of such person on the website; (iv) reply the applications to be made with regard to the content related to articles 9 (Removal of Content and Blocking Access to Such Content) and 9/A (Blocking Access to Content in Cases due to the Right of Privacy) of the Law within 72 hours, and (v) quarterly report on the applications made by persons and the implementation of decisions regarding removal of content and/or blocking access, and notify the Information and Communications Technologies Authority of such reports.