Presidential Communications Directorate has announced that it has filed a criminal complaint with Ankara’s Chief Prosecutor’s Office. The statement stated that through social media platforms -especially Twitter- trying to disinformation reported to have been discovered. The Attorney General accepted the complaint. About the subject investigation opened.

According to the petition from the Department of Communication, some social media accounts are collaborating and fear, panic and restlessness It produces content that does not reflect reality to create. Moreover, this content is not only distributed on social networks, but also through media companies that provide services over the Internet. Chief Prosecutor of Ankara, the persons who manage the accounts in question by identifyingwill take legal action.

‘reached 40 million users’

According to the information in the criminal complaint request, account holders can directly or indirectly use different names and change the content concepts of the accounts. 40 million social media users can reach. Directorate of Communication, the disinformation content of this situation very quick underlined its spread.

The following statements were made in part of the petition: “In line with what is explained and the aforementioned news content, tweet social network provider about by identifying account owners who intentionally and systematically produce content the public dissemination of misleading information It has become necessary to demand the punishment of the crime and to establish the crimes ex officio.”

How many people use the internet in Turkey that 40 million people can be reached?

In the criminal charge of the Presidency of Communications 40 million figure You may think it’s exaggerated. TURKSTAT, in August 2022 “Household Information Technologies (IT) Usage Survey – 2022” published the results of his study and How many people use the internet in Turkey? had calculated.

According to this; Use of social media among persons aged 16-74 85 percent. The population of this age group in Turkey is approximately 66 million 544 thousand 442 people. According to the statistics About 56.5 million citizens We conclude that there is internet access. In other words, according to the indictment of the Directorate of Communication, content for disinformation purposes is prohibited for citizens with internet access. to a very large extent reaches.

Remark: Household Information Technologies (IT) Usage Survey – Results 2022 from here accessible. We used existing data as the new one will be announced in August 2023. Population numbers were calculated via address-based population registration system results – results for 2022. Population data from here accessible.