Digital media

Turkey's communications technologies authority, the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), has fined micro blogging site Twitter 150,000 lira ($51,000.) for not removing content it says is "terrorist propaganda", a BTK official told Reuters on Dec. 11.

A survey presented by Spiegel reveals that European companies are the ones that provide satellite Internet to ISIS fighters.

The official page for the game, “Dead or Alive Xtreme 3″, said that the latest installment in the well-known video games series will not be released in the U.S. or Europe because of issues regarding how women are treated in the game.

Television seems to be losing ground to the Internet in Turkey, as new research reveals that increasing numbers of people are going online than ever for news, education and information.

Turkish Statistical Institute (TU?K) data from August show that Internet usage among Turks aged 16 to 74 increased to 56 percent in 2015, up from 54 percent the previous year.

Facebook understands that relationships that fall apart are hard enough to handle without having to read the status updates and shared posts of your ex. The social media network knows that the temptation to stalk and keep tabs on someone is highly enticing even when you don’t want to – even if Facebook was the cause of the break-up in the first place!

Feminist blogger Alaura Weaver (aka Bad-ass Motherblogger) has an ongoing series of blog posts on the history of menstrual hygiene that she tried to boost on Facebook. Her advertisement was rejected after Facebook claims that the post violated the group’s ad guidelines:

European Parliament set up its own Snapchat account, the fastest growing social media network on the planet, last May in order to allow the over 200 million Snapchat users to get a fun glimpse into the workings of the EU.

Facebook said Nov. 4 surging mobile advertising lifted its profits and revenues as the world's biggest social network grew to over 1.5 billion people.

Instagram model Essena O’Neill surprised her million followers by announcing she was giving up her social media profile because she let herself be defined with something that wasn’t real. She said her profile promoted a “dishonest and contrived” sense of beauty. Her new online appeal invited followers of her new, all-natural and makeup free image to help her pay for her new lifestyle.

A complete ban on roaming charges for using mobile phones abroad in the EU will take effect in June 2017 and clear rules on the right to internet access will become law following Parliament’s final approval of the new telecoms package on Tuesday.