RTÜK probes Jurassic Park animated series over LGBTI+ characters
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The Radio and Television Supreme Council has launched a probe into the animated series Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous because of its LGBT+ characters.
"As RTÜK, we closely follow digital platforms. We are determined not to allow content that may negatively impact our children and youth and that disregard our values," Ebubekir Şahin, the head of RTÜK, tweeted on Friday (July 29).
"With this awareness, an investigation has been initiated into the production named Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous on the Netflix platform," he wrote.
Over the past week, pro-government media outlets and social media accounts have been calling for a ban on the series.
RTÜK's authority to inspect online broadcastsAccording to the "Regulation on Radio, Television and On_Demand Online Broadcasts" published on the Official Gazette on August 1, 2019, Internet platforms such as Netflix have been obliged to get a license from the RTÜK. These websites also have to establish a company and pay taxes in Turkey so that they can continue operating in the country. The objective of the new legal regulation was explained as follows in the Official Gazette: "The objective of this regulation is to establish procedures and principles as to the online broadcast and transmission of radio, television and voluntary broadcasting services; the broadcasting licences to be granted to media service providers and the authority of broadcast transmission to be given to platform operators; and the inspection of the related broadcasts." It has also been indicated in the Gazette that the regulation in question will apply to "the private media service providing institutions that engage in online radio, television and voluntary broadcasts and the operators of these platforms that provide these broadcasting services." |
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