Covered advertising in social media in terms of consumer law

The focus of this study is the identification of covert advertisements on social media and the people who can be held responsible for these advertisements. After this determination, it is aimed to take necessary steps to prevent covert advertisements made on social media. In this context, first of all, covert advertising was examined in its most general form, and then the appearance forms of covert advertisements in terms of social media were discussed. After revealing the legal nature of covert advertising, investigations were made in terms of obligations law and the scope of responsibility and the persons who can be held responsible were evaluated. While making these evaluations, the existing national and international regulations, primarily TKHK and TBK, were examined, and the concept of covert advertisement, the legal nature of covert advertisement, social media, covert advertisement in social media and the evaluation of covert advertisement in terms of obligations law were discussed by making necessary researches on the internet in the light of technological developments.