ISTANBUL — Turkey’s parliament approved a law early Wednesday that gives authorities greater power to regulate social media despite concerns of growing censorship in a country where critical ...

On Thursday, Turkey's parliament adopted a law that would jail journalists and social media users for up to three years for spreading disinformation. Turkish opposition says the government's new ...

A proposed law that Turkey says will make social media companies more accountable to local regulations will rather increase censorship and accelerate a trend of authorities silencing dissent ...

Sarah Clarke, who heads the Article 19 media freedom group's Europe and Central Asia programme, called on the companies "not to contribute to Turkey's censorship of online content.” She also warned of ...

Written in 1953, the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is about a future where books are burned in an oppressive society. A new report titled Fahrenheit 5651: The Scorching Effect of ...

The new law raised concerns of a further crackdown on media after a Reuters investigation showed how pressure from authorities and self- censorship has transformed mainstream Turkish media.

Turkey's current laws are designed to protect minors from harmful content. Many of the sites blocked are pornographic but some alternative media outlets and video sharing sites have also been banned.

In its annual World Report, the rights watchdog said authorities were using online censorship and disinformation laws to muzzle independent media, the opposition and dissenting voices.

A proposed law that Turkey says will make social media companies more accountable to local regulations will rather increase censorship and accelerate a trend of authorities silencing dissent, critics ...