NEWSLETTER-2020-metin

411 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW obligation of states to protect fundamental rights and freedoms, (…) Hence, it is seen that the establishment of a peer-to-peer relationship between individuals, States and social network providers stands out as the main solution” 2 . In this article, amendments introduced to the Internet Law through Law No. 7253 will be examined. Decision of Content Removal Through the amendment introduced to the Internet Law by Law No. 7253, it is now possible to render a decision to remove the content, in addition to the decision to block access, with respect to publications on the internet which bear adequate suspicion that they constitute the crimes envisaged in Article 8 of the Internet Law, or violate personal rights, and/or the right to privacy. Accordingly, in cases where the de- cision to block access can be given, the decision to remove the content may also be given. Social Network Provider Through Law No. 7253, the concept of Social Network Provider has been introduced into the Internet Law. The Social Network Pro- vider refers to real or legal persons who enable users to create, view or share content, such as text, images, sound, and location on the internet for social interaction (Article 2/1,s of the Internet Law). The concept of Social Network Provider covers the real or legal persons who produce, change, and provide all kinds of information or data presented to users on the internet, defined as the Content Provider in the Internet Law. To the contrary, however, in the concept of Social Network Provider, the existence of the elements of the purpose of social interaction and creating and sharing content by the users are sought. By this definition, it is stated that it is aimed to include social media that are mostly preferred by the users, as well (Article 1 of the Justification of Law No. 7253). 2 General Justification of Law No.7253.