While technology has become one of the indispensable elements of life, it has also created new crime channels and crime types. This situation made it inevitable to establish a legal infrastructure with new rules and regulations. With the “Information Crimes Law” that entered into force in 2020 in the TRNC, our country has had a special law in this field. However, the Information Crimes Law, during the days of its preparation, also caused criticisms that it could restrict freedom of thought and publication. Well, has the fear come true?
At the panel, which will be hosted by the Near East University Faculty of Communication, Department of Journalism and moderated by Faculty Member Assist. Prof. Dr. İbrahim Özejder, all aspects of the media reflections of the enactment of the Information Crimes Law will be discussed.

The “Media After the Information Crimes Law” panel, which will also be broadcasted on the official youtube channel of Near East University, “Near East University Official”, will start on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at 14:00.

The Panel will be held with wide participation
Kadri Bürüncük, President of Information Technologies and Communication Institution, lecturer of Faculty of Communication Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayhan Dolunay, Secretary-General of the Cyprus Turkish Journalists Union Dilek Öncül, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Cyprus Turkish Human Rights Foundation and Lawyer Deniz Düzgün and Near East University Faculty of Communication Faculty Member and Media Ethics Board Member Assist. Prof. Dr. Özen Çatal will take place at the panel through which the effects of the “Information Crimes Law” on the media will be discussed in all aspects.