Election disruptions loom as social media giants likely to resist Turkey's new law

FILE PHOTO: Facebook, Google and Twitter logos are seen in this combination photo from Reuters files. REUTERS

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Social media companies are unlikely to fully abide by Turkey's new law requiring them to remove "disinformation" content and share user data with authorities, analysts say, raising the spectre of possible platform disruptions before elections next year.

Facebook, Twitter, Google and others are required to fully comply with the law by next April or face possible advertising bans and eventually cuts to their bandwidth, posing a dilemma for the companies before elections set for June.