Turkey’s parliament has approved a tough new media law that could see reporters and social media users jailed for up to three years for spreading “fake news”.

The legislation — comprised of 40 amendments that each required a separate vote — was proposed by Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted AKP party and furiously opposed by Turkey’s main opposition groups.

The approved law imposes a criminal penalty for those found guilty of spreading false or misleading information.

It requires social networks and internet sites to hand over personal details of users suspected of “propagating misleading information”.