Turkey's Interior Ministry detains 400 social media users for COVID-19 comments

Turkey's Interior Ministry detained 402 social media users in the past 42 days, on the grounds that they made "provocative comments about COVID-19." The ministry inspected some 6,362 social media accounts, and deemed 855 users "suspicious."

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Turkey's Interior Ministry detained some 402 social media users in the past 42 days for their "provocative" comments about COVID-19, the ministry said in a tweet April 27.

The ministry noted that they some 6,362 social media accounts were inspected in the past 42 days.

While some 855 persons were deemed "suspicious individuals," some 402 were detained.

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