UWI: ‘We are not a banana republic’; Turkey will take action against Twitter and other social networks
PEJOURNAL - Attacks against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on various social media outlets have once again raised questions about the totalitarian nature of Twitter, Youtube and Facebook around the world. After Erdogan’s family (his daughter and son-in-law) received abusive tweets about the birth of the fourth child in their family, the Turkish president spoke out against social media and declared that the authorities will be taking more control over Youtube, Twitter and Netflix. Erdogan said that new legislation will be put into place by the end of next year to strictly regulate “immoral” social media use. “Do you understand…