Turkish police have announced that they have arrested 78 people for allegedly posting on social media information that incites, causes fear and panic among the public related to last week’s devastating earthquake.
Accordingly, the Turkish Security Service stated that it had detected 613 people with the act of posting inciting information, of which the legal process was carried out with 293 people.
Since then, the prosecutor in charge has requested the arrest of 78 people, with 20 in custody awaiting trial.
In addition, 46 websites were also closed by the authorities due to the act of calling for and fraudulently funding for earthquake victims, 15 accounts fake social network is the official body has also been dismantled.
[Hơn 7 triệu trẻ em bị ảnh hưởng do động đất tại Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ, Syria]
Last month, the Turkish parliament passed a law allowing arrest for spreading fake and false information, with a prison sentence of up to three years.
Last week, Turkey also had to block access to Twitter for 12 hours because it appeared too much fake information.
Sharing on Twitter on February 13, Turkish Communications Director Fahrettin Altun said the information disturbance is taking place seriously.
According to Altun, within a week of the earthquake, the government received reports of 6,200 disinformation and false news content.
Therefore, the authorities will post information correction pages daily for people to easily follow official news.
As of February 15, the number of victims of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred on February 6 in Turkey and Syria has reached more than 41,000 people while there are concerns that the above number will increase. continues to increase.
Survivors also face a crisis of food and shelter, with the cold weather making living conditions even more extreme.
(VNA/Vietnam+)
