Opposition politicians in Turkey expressed their fury at a law passed by Turkey’s parliament on Thursday which critics claim will further tighten press and social media freedoms in the country. In a surprising act of protest, opposition MP Burak Erbay smashed his mobile phone with a hammer during a speech to the National Assembly to denounce the bill which claims to combat fake news and “online disinformation”. The EU has expressed concerns that the bill, proposed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, will be used to crack down on independent reporting. “We fear that it may further curtail freedo…