1. European University of Lefke
Faculty of Economics &Administrative
Computer Information Systems
MIS 404
Management Information Systems
Prepared by
Merve KAVLAK
285019
14.03.2012
2011-2012 Spring Semester
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2. Assigment 2: Research What laws affect the use of computers in your home country and Who
controls the internet?
Prohibitions Internet in Turkey
Amazing world in the late 1980s on the internet is a rapidly growing is based on, new
problems began to emerge on the Internet. By this time the Internet into our daily lives,
inevitably, the Internet culture, habits and affected our works on a regular basis. This
situation has an impact alter the source of the concept. In other words, the understanding of
the resource center, although some exceptions, the road parallel to the floor as though the
world of internet has changed radically. Resource center of books from the past, the
mind,encyclopedias, libraries, schools or departments of education would be, but the
introduction of the internet many aspects of life passed into the hands of another dimension
control. This change became more apparent in nearly thirty years, have led to the virtual
world and its people have changed the structure of people's thinking, so that any computer
literate person has become itself a source of information.
Some sites on the Internet the owner / designer of an item in any context by is extremely
easy to install and there is a unit responsible for oversight of them, the number and type of
these resources has been greatly expanded in recent years. New applications in the virtual
world, have contributed to the process mentioned. Over the Internet to share with other
people or to explain what they think a person is not required to have a web site, private or
commercial. For this, a door opening and makes it easy for membership websites. In fact,
some internet sites allow members to create personal pages with their own names. In
addition to any charge, BlogSpot, Webnode, while allowing for the Webs installations they
want users to sites like YouTube, Myspace and some as not only gives the right to
membership.
Since the emergence of Internet commerce, entertainment, arts, communications, including
serves many areas, but this short period the "virtual noise" increases. In this direction with
the negative effects of a virtual society, away from pollution and harmful content and
inappropriate content to keep the virtual pollution cleanup sites to take some precautions
against the authorities has become a current issue. But the real problem has been the
implementation of this initiative. Because the values and beliefs of this website are
inappropriate and unacceptable by the authorities to prevent their access to the main
action. There are definitely some of the reasons for resorting to the authorities and the
implementation of this road and some features may vary by country. The details of the issue
to better understand the world in general, take a look internet bans necessary.
Prohibitions in the world Internet
Seen as harmful to block access to these sites sites and take control of the authorities in
different countries, to be valid within the borders of their countries, refers to blocking and
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3. censorship. This practice is not only unique to underdeveloped or developing countries and
developed countries can be seen. Reasons for such an application the countries political,
religious, cultural or moral values and beliefs vary according to (Noman, 2008). Sites
containing items of this type of work and the country's economic, social, political and
religious values, örtüşmüyorsa, blocking or censorship can take the circuit. For example, the
People's Republic of China, Islamic Republic of Iran, South Korea, Tunisia, Denmark, Italy,
Austria, the United Arab Emirates, Finland, Norway, Israel, Netherlands, United Kingdom,
United States (U.S.), France, blocking or censorship in countries like Canada are among the
applicant countries for the implementation of Samples can be seen that both developing
blocking or censorship, but also available in developed countries, but the reasons vary from
country to country. In order to understand these differences in both developed and
developing countries is necessary to look at a few examples.
Prohibitions Internet in Turkey
From the internet prohibitions in Turkey, for some reason so far
number of Web site shut down, it is possible to say that the people accept this situation, the
usual. Opened nearly a thousand pages of the site's decision to blockdarkened, and the
history there and the corresponding number of the decision taken by the courts, as well
as visitors to the sentence meets the red block.
Legal Justification for the Application
May 4, 2007 adopted the legal rationale for the prohibitions of the Internet in
Turkey5651 Regulation of Internet Publications and Combating Crimes Committed
Through this Publications Law. This law, the scope of the prohibitions on the internet and to
prevent the possible causes are identified by references to relevant laws are: according to
the law to prevent such situations are subject to the criminal.
1. Directing suicide (Article 84),
2. Sexual abuse of children (Article 130, first paragraph),
3. Facilitating the use of narcotic or psychotropic substances (Article 190),
4. Supply of dangerous substances for health (Article 194), 173
WORLD DATA Internet Prohibitions Turkey, 2009, 10 (2)
5. Obscenity (Article 226),
6. Prostitution (Article 227),
7. And providing opportunity for gambling (Article 228),
8. No. 5816 dated 07/25/1951 on Crimes against Ataturk Crimes mentioned in the law
(Carpenter, 2008)
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4. Internet Prohibitions Of 22 August
Information Technologies and Communication Council (BTK) drafted "Principles and
Procedures for the safe use of the Internet" will enter into force on August 22, 2011. With
this application, users have to choose one of ICTA's determined to leave 4 internet filter.
Circumvent the filter considered a crime. Filter criteria are completely determined by the
ICTA to enjoy. This application in the world of the Internet as China, Cuba, Iran "arrested" in
countries where being used. What is the basis?
4th and 50th articles of the Law No. 6 of 5809 dated 28.07.2010 with 27 655 in the Official
Gazette under the provisions of article 10 of the Electronic Communications Sector
Consumer Rights Ordinance prepared by BTK "Safe Use of Internet Draft Principles and
Procedures "was approved by decision No. 2011/DK-10/91 on February 22, 2011," Principles
and Procedures for the safe use of the Internet, "the decision was made to enter into force
on August 22 in 2011.
More precisely, the state will be launched on August 22 in the system to the Internet "BTK"
accessible by selecting one of the four filter types. Be considered a crime to work to
overcome or circumvent the filter. Internet service providers are also blamed for the filters
to prevent users from exceeding the expected heavy fines on them otherwise.
According to the regulation will be four types of filters. Family child at home and the
standard package. Internet subscribers will have to select each one of them. This type of
filter applied to Internet cafes, "Websense" filter to imitate. In other words, sites can
determine not only be able to enter the internet cafe. Even without this kind of problem
with content filtering systems are known by many site users filter is installed.
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