Turkiye: Fines for firms including Facebook, Instagram and YouTube for failure to appoint local representative

On 11 December 2020, the state-run news agency Anadolu Agency announced that the Turkish Information Technologies and Communications Authority (ITCA) imposed fines on several firms for failing to appoint local representatives. The fines The affected firms include Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Periscope, Linkedin, Dailymotion and TikTok. The firms were fined TRY 10 million and, after 30 days, 30 million. The companies risk an advertisement ban and bandwidth restriction in case of continued non-compliance. The fines enforce the social media law that requires social media platforms with over a million daily users to maintain a legal presence in the country.