The deadline given to social media companies expires on January 19

With the social media regulation that was carried out in 2020, it was mandatory for suppliers similar to Twitter, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram and Fb to notify Turkey as a consultant.

After the expiry of the time given by the BTK, Platforms, particularly Fb, Instagram, Twitter, Periscope, YouTube and Tiktok, which didn’t notify their representatives, have been fined 10 million and 30 million TL.

COMPANIES AGREE TO OPEN REPRESENTATIVES

Prior to now, Russia-based social media platform VKontakte (VK), Dailymotion, TikTok, YouTube and Linkedin agreed to open a consultant workplace in Turkey.

Nevertheless, social community suppliers similar to Fb, Instagram, Twitter and Periscope, that are utilized by hundreds of thousands of individuals around the globe, refused to open a consultant workplace.

ADVERTISING PENALTY IS COMING

If this obligation shouldn’t be carried out inside 30 days from the notification of the executive wonderful imposed for the second time, it could be forbidden for taxpayer actual and authorized individuals in Turkey to promote to the related social media firm, and cash switch wouldn’t be doable on this context.

JANUARY 19, LAST DAY

Promoting ban comes into impact for social community suppliers similar to Fb, Instagram and Twitter that haven’t opened a consultant workplace in Turkey till now. Fb, Instagram and Twitter, which have been fined 40 million lira every, shall be notified that the advert ban expires as of January nineteenth.

With the introduction of the promoting ban, Many companies in Turkey won’t be able to promote on these platforms.

UPDATE: Fb introduced that it has began the method of assigning a consultant to Turkey.