Under "police" surveillance the social media in the occupied areas

The Turkish Cypriot press today brings to the fore an important development concerning the future of freedom of opinion and expression in the occupied territories.

According to the Turkish news website "Bugün Kıbrıs", a special group has been set up within the "police", which monitors the posts on social media (MKD).

The website broadcasts the new development, pointing out that "in the northern part of Cyprus, where the restriction of freedoms is systematically attempted and the practices of the authoritarian regime in Turkey are copied, the head of the police team (which controls the MKD) calls the owner of the posts he likes them, at the police station ".

The Turkish Cypriot publication appeals to the opinion of Turkish Cypriot lawyer Onzel Polili on the new development. Mr Polili told Bugün Kıbrıs that police had begun checking the posts on the internet, adding that more than one person had been assigned the task of checking social media posts.

"I do not believe that many people who have been summoned to the police will be prosecuted, because they have not committed a crime," the Turkish Cypriot lawyer said, describing the new practice as an "attempt to intimidate" public opinion and raising concerns about the future of freedom of expression. occupied.

It is noted that the new development finds an impact on the Turkish Cypriot press under the shadow of the culmination of the confrontation between the Turkish Cypriot leadership and the opposition sections of the Turkish Cypriot community.

Source: KYPE