Internette Sansür Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme. (Review of Internet Censorship)

Abstract

While rapid advances in information technologies have provided people with great opportunities to access useful information on the Internet , they have also brought about a need to take control of the Internet. Methods of controlling the Internet have differed from country to country according to socio-economic conditions, religion and form of governance. Web pages containing child pornography, promoting drugs or suicide and manufacture of explosives have been banned in Turkey as well as in a good many countries in the world. On the other hand, in some countries known as “enemies of the Internet” such as China, Iran and Saudi Arabia, Internet prohibitions have turned into censorship and become alarming. Blockings in Turkey haven’t been called censorship yet but there are some concerns that in time they can turn into censorship since the scope of law 5651 has not been well defined and contains some subjective issues like obscenity.