Turkiye: Law on Protection of Children and Young People in Digital Environment including content moderation authority regulation was introduced to Grand National Assembly

On 7 January 2026, the Law on Protection of Children and Young People in the Digital Environment was introduced to the Grand National Assembly. The law applies to content providers, intermediary service providers, social network providers, gaming companies, and users. It seeks to establish a preventive and protective framework addressing risks, including digital addiction, virtual gambling, cyberbullying, harmful or obscene content, misuse of personal data, disinformation, and terrorist propaganda. The law establishes a digital security authority, represented by a multi-stakeholder digital security council composed of government bodies, regulators, professional associations, and academic experts. The Authority would be required to submit annual reports each December to the Digital Platforms Commission of the Grand National Assembly, with the Commission mandated to review the reports within one month, while the Authority’s operating procedures would be set out in a presidential regulation.