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Peoples’ Democratic Party’s Zuleyha Gulum holds a banner “Truths cannot be obscured” as she stands with a covered mouth, in protest over a new media law that could lead to up to three years of jail for spreading “fake news” by reporters and social networks users, at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara, Turkey, on Oct. 13, 2022. (Adem Altan\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Turkey Adopts Legislation That Could Jail Journalists for \u2018Disinformation\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Measure heads to president for final approval<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Turkish lawmakers have voted to adopt a law that aimed at preventing \u201cdisinformation<\/a>\u201d in the media and online, despite widespread concerns about the measure\u2019s potential to quash free speech.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers from\u00a0President Tayyip Erdogan\u2019s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which together have a majority, voted in parliament on Thursday to approve the legislation.\u00a0The bill now goes to Erdogan for final approval.<\/p>\n

While government officials have said the highly controversial bill is needed to combat fake news and disinformation, opposition members of parliament as well as European countries and media rights activists have called to scrap it.<\/p>\n

Many have taken issue with article 29 in the measure, saying that it may be used to enforce censorship and quash free speech, as well as threaten independent journalism, since the Turkish government currently controls a majority of major news outlets in the country.<\/p>\n

Article 29 says that people who are found guilty of spreading false information online intended to\u00a0\u201ccreate fear and disturb public order\u201d\u00a0could be punished with a prison sentence of one to three years.\u00a0The measure also stipulates that if anonymous accounts are used to spread the alleged disinformation, sentences can be increased by up to half.<\/p>\n

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