MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Access block to ETHA’s Twitter account
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Etkin News Agency
CITY
Hatay
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2022
LAST UPDATED
22/12/2022
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Social Media Account
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Media Outlet
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Interferences by the Executive Power
BTK (The Information and Communication Technologies Authority)
Decision to block access

With the decision of the Hatay 1st Criminal Judgeship of Peace dated December 20, 2022 and numbered 2022/5000, an access block was imposed on the Twitter account of the Etkin News Agency (ETHA) on the grounds of “protecting national security and public order” (December 22).