310 Social Media Accounts Investigated in 1 Week, 110 Thousand in 2018

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Ministry of the Interior has announced that 310 social media accounts have been investigated and legal action has been taken against 238 people between December 3 and December 10.

The social media users have been investigated for these offenses: "Propagandizing for a terrorist organization, promoting these organizations, declaring affiliation with terrorist organizations, inciting people to enmity and hatred, insulting state officials, attempting against state's indivisible integrity, committing hate speech."

7 thousand people taken into custody

On December 11, Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu said the following regarding the social media operations in 2018:

"We formed virtual patrols working 24/7 on the purpose of investigation of criminal content on the internet.

"Within this context, in 2018, 110 thousand social media accounts have been investigated, users of 45 thousand accounts have been identified, 7 thousand of them have been caught and sent to judicial authorities."

Investigations regarding 'Afrin' and 'Dollar'

General Directorate of Security announced on August 12, 2018 that an investigation was launched into 346 social media accounts which shared posts about the exchange rate of the US Dollar.

Ankara and İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Offices launched investigation into "news items, printer and visual publication, social media accounts that serve in economic attacks" on the same day.

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The Ministry announced on February 26 that 845 people who criticized the Afrin operation on social media and participated in critical activities had been taken into custody. (AS/VK)