"We are facing digital fascism" ;. This is what Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today on the occasion of the blocking of Instagram in Turkey, Haber 7 TV broadcasts, quoted by BTA.
According to the president, the companies that manage social networks have become “militant”.
They consider it their duty to immediately censor even a single sentence critical of Israel. "We are facing a digital fascism that cannot bear the photos of the Palestinian martyrs and immediately bans them,", Erdogan said.
According to him, social media do not show the same sensitivity towards Turkey as towards the USA and Europe, in terms of observing the general rules.
If Turkey's legitimate demands are met and its sensitivities are taken into account, the issue will resolve itself, Erdogan said.
On Friday, the Turkish Institute for Information Technologies and Communications (BTK) blocked access to the Instagram social network.