Social media revenue operation: 10 suspects detained

10 suspects who were determined to have earned digital income by sharing fights, threats, insults, tension and victimization on their social media accounts in 10 provinces based in Istanbul were detained.

It was learned that the suspects were tested to determine whether they were using drugs.

Istanbul Police Department Public Order Branch Directorate and Anti-Cyber ​​Crimes Branch Directorate teams started working against the suspects who shared posts on Instagram and X accounts, especially TikTok.

As a result of the follow-up carried out by police teams in the virtual environment, the identities and addresses of the suspects who were determined to have produced content that was considered to be against the Turkish family structure and obtained digital income from them were determined.

A simultaneous operation was organized at addresses determined in Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Kocaeli, Muğla, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Malatya and Elazığ, based in Istanbul. 10 suspects were detained during the operations.

MONTHLY INCOME IS BETWEEN 200 THOUSAND AND 500 THOUSAND LIRA

Following the operation, the suspects who were taken to the Istanbul Public Order Branch Directorate were completed at the police station. It was learned that the suspects stated in their statements that they did not know what they did was a crime.

It was stated that the suspects, who earned income from live broadcasts and posts on virtual media, declared that their monthly earnings varied between 200 thousand and 500 thousand lira.

The suspects, whose blood samples were taken to determine whether they were using drugs, were charged with "inciting the public to hatred and hostility and humiliation" and "obscenity".

10 suspects, whose procedures were completed at the police station, were sent to the courthouse.