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Cyberbullying poses a serious threat to internet users around the world. Research shows 87% of young people are subjected to cyberbullying. Lawyer Murat Aydar said: "the introduction of an IP address sharing obligation with the social media law that has entered into force in Turkey will allow the implementation of deterrent sanctions, especially for insults made on social media, and prevent cyber bullying., ” he said.

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ISTANBUL (TR) - "According to research data shared by BroadbandSearch, 36.5% of social media users have been subjected to cyberbullying, while 87% of young users have been seen to increase. Looking at the platforms where users are most exposed to cyberbullying, Instagram ranked first with 42%. He was followed by Facebook with 37%, Snapchat with 31%, WhatsApp with 12%, Youtube with 10% and Twitter with 9%. The social media law, which came into force in Turkey in October 2020, which we left behind, obliges social network providers with more than 1 million users to appoint representatives, is considered an important step in preventing cyber bullying." said.

Owners of Criminal shares are now aware that they can be found 

Lawyer Murat Aydar, who said that those who make criminal shares can now be easily identified with IP addresses, said: “the issue that we have been most concerned about in recent years was that social media sites could not find suspects because they did not share IP with the Turkish authorities for the crime of insulting the Turkish authorities, and therefore the crime of insulting went unpunished. At this point, we can say that cyberbullying will be prevented by opening offices in Turkey of social media sites and will gradually end. Because now people will know that they can be found and punished when they enter comments/content containing insults, etc.via social media., ” he said.  

More than 200 criminal charges were filed in just 1 month 

“Under the law, Facebook Inc., the umbrella organization of Instagram and Facebook, is a serious threat, especially for young people, " said Murat Aydar, a lawyer who also noted that cyberbullying causes problems such as anxiety and depression. Tiktok and Turkey before opening the office, only about self-acceptance of child sexual abuse and terrorist crimes, social media sites that share the IP address with the Turkish authorities in Turkey for from 2021 onwards, also began sharing IP verbs that are considered a crime. Given that 95% of young people worldwide use the internet and 85% use social media, it is possible to say that this sanction is a very important step in the fight against cyberbullying. So much so that in the past 1 month, we have complained to the prosecutor about all the insults to the client content producers. In 1 month, we filed more than 200 criminal charges., ” he said.