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Turkish lawmaker smashes phone with hammer during speech

Guardian, 14 Oct 2022
Turkish lawmaker Burak Erbay smashed a phone with a hammer during a speech opposing proposed disinformation laws.
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'You have only one freedom left, the smartphones in your pocket which has Instagram, Facebook, YouTube which you can communicate with,' he said. 'If the (disinformation) law passes the parliament, you can break your phones and throw them away like this – my young brothers and sisters.'

Turkey: new ‘disinformation’ law could jail journalists for three years ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/13/turkey-new-disinformation-law-could-jail-journalists-for-3-years

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