Authorities in Turkey are moving to implement new rules requiring social media users to verify their real identities within a specified timeframe, aiming to enhance transparency and reduce fake accounts and abusive content online. <\/p>\n\n
Officials announced that users will be required to confirm their identities using a personal ID card during a transitional period of up to three months, after which actions will be taken against accounts that do not meet the new requirements. <\/p>\n\n
According to Turkish Minister of Justice Ak\u0131n G\u00fcrl\u00fck, the new decision gives users a set period to update their information or delete accounts they do not wish to keep, before platforms take automatic action against unverified accounts. <\/p>\n\n
The minister explained that the goal of this step is to hold users accountable for what they post online<\/a>, noting that any abuse or defamation on social media<\/a> should have clear consequences, especially given the prevalence of anonymous accounts. <\/p>\n\n Through these measures, the Turkish government aims to address the phenomenon of fake accounts and bots used to spread misinformation or conduct online defamation campaigns. <\/p>\n\n Authorities confirmed that identity verification will help reduce the spread of fake accounts, enhance digital responsibility among users, and limit the misuse of social media platforms. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Authorities in Turkey are moving to implement new rules requiring social media users to verify their real identities within a specified timeframe, aiming to enhance transparency and reduce fake accounts and abusive content online. Officials announced that users will be required to confirm their identities using a personal ID card during a transitional period of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[398],"tags":[411],"class_list":["post-12541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-turkey-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12543,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12541\/revisions\/12543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europedia24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Reducing Fake Accounts and Bots in Turkey<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n