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406 NEWSLETTER 2020 Content Provider Content provider refers to real or legal person creating, modify- ing, and providing all kinds of information or data to the users through the internet environment. In other words, it is a person who contrib- utes to the content of an internet website by several methods, such as uploading information or documents. 2 In this respect, the bloggers, persons who comment or upload photos / documents on social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, are content providers. Content providers are responsible for the content posted on the internet, but are not responsible for the content of someone else to which they provide a link. However, they become responsible accord- ing to the general provisions, if it is clearly understood from the form of presentation that it embraces the content they provide a link to, and which intends the user to access that content. (Article 4 of Law No. 5651) In addition, content, hosting and access providers have an ob- ligation to inform. In this context, they are obliged to keep certain introductory information in their own internet environment, under the contact section, in a correct, complete, and up-to-date manner, so that the users may access it directly from the home pages; otherwise, they will face administrative fines. (Article 3 of Law No. 5651) Hosting Provider A hosting provider refers to real or legal persons who provide or operate systems containing services and content. Hosting providers perform their activities by obtaining a “hosting provider certificate of activity.” Hosting providers provide hosting services for information, documents, or files placed on the internet network 3 . For example, the www.facebook.com website provides a location for the contents of the content creator. In order for this site to operate, it must be in another virtual environment. The company hosting the Facebook website is 2 Bozbel, Savaş : Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Hukuku, December, 2012, p. 484. 3 Bozbel , p. 485.