Within the scope of the Social Media Law, which was put into effect in our country as of October 1, 2020, daily has more than 1 million active users All social media platforms were required to appoint a representative. Many restrictions were gradually imposed on platforms that could not appoint representatives, such as fines and advertising prohibitions.

Platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn had agreed to appoint representatives in recent months. Finally, the US-based visual sharing platform Pinterest recently announced that it will appoint a representative, so all companies on the list of platforms that should appoint representatives have appointed a representative. Following this announcement, with a decision published in the Official Gazette today The advertising ban on Pinterest has been lifted.

Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Ömer Fatih Sayan announced the decision on his Twitter account:

For not assigning a representative to Pinterest after the Social Media Act was implemented An advertising ban has been imposed since 19 January 2021. The platform, which has been banned from advertising for about 3 months, announced that it will appoint a representative on April 9, and Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Ömer Fatih Sayan reported that the ban was lifted today (April 11).

In the decision published in the Official Gazette ” Pinterest INC. Determining and notifying a representative regulated in the first paragraph of Article 4 of the Law on the Regulation of Publications Made on the Internet and the Fight Against Crimes Committed Through These Publications dated 4/5/2007 and numbered 5651 for fulfilling its obligation It has been decided to abolish the advertisement prohibition decision dated 19.01.2021 and numbered 4202. ” expressions were given.