The world’s most popular messaging application WhatsApp continues to gain new features. The platform, which recently incorporated Telegram’s favorite feature of disappearing messages, manages to attract more users thanks to these innovations.
The platform, which is especially ideal for collective conversations, allows hundreds of people to chat simultaneously thanks to its groups feature. However, this also brings some problems. Unfortunately, there was no law in our country and in the world to prevent these problems. Until now.
Penalty for adding users in public WhatsApp groups without their consent!
Making a legal regulation on this issue, Spain has enacted the new social media law. Those who add a person in the WhatsApp group without their consent will be punished. If the victim seeks his/her legal rights, the perpetrator is fined 4,000 Euros. The reason for the penalty is a lawsuit filed recently.
A woman living in Spain filed a complaint with the court in recent months. Allegedly, the phone number and other private information of the woman in the WhatsApp group of the gym she went to were obtained by other members of the group and given to third parties.
After the events, the debates in our country and around the world flared up again. It is a matter of curiosity whether the Parliament, which is currently working on a social media law, will add a similar article to the law. Especially after the statements made by the President, expectations are high for regulations that will protect the user.
Sending a video to the event, Erdoğan said, “Today, with the spread of social media, we, along with all humanity, are frequently exposed to disinformation campaigns. Due to false and distorted news, the lives of millions of defenseless people around the world are darkened, and serious traumas and dramas are experienced.
Social media channels, where there is no control or self-control, have become a threat to democracy, social peace and national security of states today. No country or society is free from the devastating effect of digital fascism, no matter how developed it is. Besides digital fascism, the Turkish world also suffers from the double standard of the international press. ” he said.
So what do you think about this subject? Is the punishment in Spain correct? You can share your views with us in the comments section.
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