US EditionThe ‘Next’ Big Thing? Turkey's New Social Platform Faces Scrutiny over ‘Domestic’ Label
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Turkey’s ‘national’ social media platform faces licensing controversy over Mastodon code - Turkish Minute
A new Turkish social media platform introduced as a “domestic and national” innovation is facing scrutiny after reports revealed it was built on Mastodon, an open-source software developed in Germany, according to Turkish media reports.
The NEXT Teknofest Social app, advertised by the government as "local and national" and launched in beta at the beginning of July, is in the news due to allegations of being "stolen." Despite reaching 500,000 users in a short time, NEXT Social uses Mastodon's open-source software, licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL), but it is alleged that it has not fully complied with the licensing rules. According to Mastodon's Head of…
Selçuk Bayraktar's "local and national" social media app, Next Sosyal, sparked controversy when it was developed using another app, Mastodon. Mastodon stated that it had been trying to contact Bayraktar's company for weeks.
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