Turkey fines Twitter over ‘terrorist propaganda’

Turkey’s communications regulator has fined Twitter 150,000 lira (£33,000) for failing to remove “terrorist propaganda”. It is the first time such a fine has been issued to the company. No details about the content in question were released by authorities, but the BBC understands the fine relates to material from a political protest account that […]

Turkey’s communications regulator has fined Twitter 150,000 lira (£33,000) for failing to remove “terrorist propaganda”.
It is the first time such a fine has been issued to the company.
No details about the content in question were released by authorities, but the BBC understands the fine relates to material from a political protest account that is critical of the Turkish government.
Twitter did not provide a comment.
This is not the first time the microblogging site has run into problems with Turkish authorities.
Both Facebook and Twitter were blocked in Turkey in April after a court order was issued prohibiting people from sharing images of a prosecutor being held at gunpoint.
Here in Nigeria, a draft bill to stop “abusive statement” via text message, Twitter, Whatapps, and other types of social media has passed the second reading at the Senate.
The bill proposes up to two years in prison, or a fine of N2million or both for anyone who contravene the law.   
But President Muhammaed Buhari has come out to say he would not be a party to the move to gag freedom of speech on the social media.