Almanya’nın Sosyal Ağ Yasasının Nefret Söylemi İçeriklerinin Kaldırılması Bakımından İncelenmesi: Türkiye İçin Öneriler

As in all over the world, it is seen that there are many illegal content in the social networks in Turkey and these illegal content can spread rapidly. Hate speech is one of these content styles. Hate speech can cause the humiliation, exclusion and threat to the people who are exposed to this and can sometimes result in the realization of violent acts by turning these threats into reality. In this respect hate speech content, which can be easily spread across social networks, should be removed immediately. In this study, the concept of hate speech is examined, measures taken by common social networks under the “rules and policies” against hate speech are examined, then Code of Conduct adopted to fight hate speech in the European Union is discussed and lastly, the Social Network Enforcement Act of Germany (NetzDG) is reviewed on the fight against hate speech and suggestions for Turkey are made.