Author: Yunus Arslan

Twitter is no longer the same Twitter. Not only has the name, but a lot more has changed. Since October 2022, the transformation that began with billionaire Elon Musk’s purchase of the platform has opened the doors to a new era in the digital world. This new media order, which surrounds us with like-minded people and condemns us all to our own echo chambers with its “private for you” innovation, may be more dangerous than we think. Bird and its new master The day Musk entered the Twitter building with a sink in his hand heralded a major transformation for…

We are in the middle of a transformation in the media world. Google has created a crisis in Turkish media due to an algorithm change. In recent days, there have been allegations that Google is “killing the opposition media and local press.” Turkish internet publishers issued a statement saying, “We protest against Google’s destructive embargo.” The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the opposition took the issue to Parliament. However, things are not at all as they are portrayed. This is more than an algorithm update. We are facing the new face of digital monopolization. Algorithms have become…