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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20221020-192039-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/silenced-chilled-and-jailed/ Silenced, Chilled, and Jailed - The New Turkish Law Criminalizes Disseminating ‘Disinformation’ Ozge Yildirim, Emine eng 2022-10-20 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Censorship Disinformation dissent Erdogan Fake News Misinformation Turkey Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 As Turkey is in the process of getting ready for the general and presidential elections of June 2023, a recent legal reform has created much concern regarding freedom of expression and increased threat of online censorship in the country. Citizens have called the amendment a ‘censorship law’, while some prominent civil society organizations have voiced their concern about the law creating avenues for a dystopian crackdown when the elections are just around the corner.