"European Parliament Takes On Blogs (Symbolically)

European Parliament Takes On Blogs (Symbolically)

By nanne

The 22nd of September is probably a date to put in your Calendar, as the European Parliament will vote on an 'own initiative report' from Estonian MEP Marianne Mikko on (among other things)... blogs.

Are blogs even a pan-European issue? Not quite, if you ask me. Most of the reading and blogging is done in a national discourse. There is little advertising by international companies across different blog markets. To get into discussing the few dozens of euroblogs is really too much. So, subsidiarity should apply.

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"GROWING INTERNET CENSORSHIP IN TURKEY

GROWING INTERNET CENSORSHIP IN TURKEY - Eurasia Daily Monitor

By Gareth Jenkins

Thursday, June 19, 2008

On June 18 and 19 Turkish lawyers, academics and Internet professionals met in the mountain resort of Abant in the Bolu mountains of northwest Turkey to discuss the increasing censorship of the Internet in Turkey through the use of court orders to block access to websites."

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"Turkish press is senselessly digging democracy’s grave...

Turkish press is senselessly digging democracy’s grave

You may, as an outsider, be led to believe that the entire country is about to collapse into an abyss at any moment. This is what primitive, predictable psychological warfare does to you.

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"Blogger arrests reach record high..

Blogger arrests reach record high

By Alisa Zykova

Currently, blogging arrests are at a record high, the BBC reports. 64 bloggers have been detained from mostly China, Egypt and Iran since 2003 according to a University of Washington annual report. In 2006-2007, the number of arrested bloggers tripled to 36.

Blogging has a "political importance", since issues include exposure of corruption, human rights violations, "suppression of protests", criticism of public policies and questioning political entities. Arrests tend to multiply during times of "political uncertainty" such as during elections.

The Bloggers Glossary

By Daniel Scocco on Blogging Basics

If you think there is a term missing just let me know and I will update the glossary.

Chris Kelty: The Cultural Significance of Free Software

By Ethan

Anthropologist Christopher Kelty is visiting Harvard from Rice, discussing his book “Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software” at the Berkman Center today. The book is an ethnography and “analytic history” of free softare, focusing on the cultural importance of the free software movement. He’s interested, in particular, in the ways that free software has “modulated” and informed other sectors, like citizen journalism.

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On this day...

1953: Rosenbergs executed for espionage
After the failure of court appeals and of a worldwide campaign for mercy, husband and wife Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were put to death this day in 1953, becoming the first American civilians to be executed for espionage.

And check out the same story in Wikipedia. Wikipedia rulezzz!

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"Bloggers to AP: You're Dead to Me

Bloggers to AP: You're Dead to Me

Last week the Associated Press began taking a very aggressive stance on the use of its content. They threatened the Drudge Retort with take-down notices over several items that contained very short 39 to 79 word quotes from its articles. Many bloggers slammed the AP's new tactics. Now, the New York Times reports that the AP is going to set guidelines about how its content can be used on the Internet later this week even though bloggers are following "fair use" rules when quoting AP stories....

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"Researchers' 'Facebook' launched

Researchers' 'Facebook' launched

A new global Facebook-like community for researchers aims to promote cross-sectoral linkages between researchers and their projects and allow instant peer-reviewing of scientific research to help pave the way towards innovative solutions to global challenges............

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"Believe it or not, Turks spend the most time with newspapers...

So-called wiretapping incident reveals CHP partisanship in media

The fact that some media outlets blew out of proportion recent allegations by the Republican People's Party (CHP) that the telephone of its secretary-general was wiretapped by the state's secret service and the content of conversations disclosed to the Vakit daily -- allegations later on proven to be baseless -- showed the biased and partisan approach prevailing among some Turkish media outlets.

Believe it or not, Turks spend the most time with newspapers

The annual World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and World Editors Forum (WEF) congress provides us with access to the latest information from the press sector.

The red-dotted nation

By ERGUN BABAHAN, SABAH

We are in the Swedish city of Goteborg for the annual meeting of the World Newspaper Congress of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN).

How happy is he who can say 'YouTube is banned!'

By MUTLU TÖNBEKİCİ, VATAN

There is a phenomenon these days called YouTube. Well, actually, no there isn't, since currently it is banned in Turkey.

more on 15th Worlds Editors Forum and other journalism related features:

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"American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics

Tactic: polling the Facebook way

By Mary on moveon

logos of the different Facebook groups that MoveOn members can join to express their opinion about the Democratic party’s nomination battle

Description: The progressive group MoveOn wants to know how its members feel about the struggle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic party nomination. Instead of using a tradition poll, they created a series of Facebook groups and asked members to vote by joining the group whose message they most agreed with, ranging from “wake me up when this primary is over” to “Obama: you won! time to focus on McCain” (see graphic above). MoveOn staff will track the number of members who join each group and from these numbers will be able to tell which views are most popular with their members.

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"Web 2.0 fails to produce cash

Web 2.0 fails to produce cash

Many members of the Web 2.0 generation of internet companies have so far produced little in the way of revenue, despite bringing about some significant changes in online behaviour, according to some of the entrepreneurs and financiers behind the movement

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"Clinton's blunder throws light on digital age journalism

US: Clinton's blunder throws light on digital age journalism

By Sarah Schewe

You likely have heard about US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's foot-in-mouth moment on Friday, but how did the reporters who broke it hear this unfortunate choice of phrase?

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"Twitter’s Crisis

Twitter’s Crisis: Two Questions

By Dan Gillmor

CNET: Announcing the Totally Unofficial Build a Better Twitter Contest:

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"'Political Facebook' to help undecided EU voters

'Political Facebook' to help undecided EU voters

A voter advice application, due to go online shortly before European elections next year, is set to help undecided voters determine which political party most suits their views.

Yahoo!: Aiming for mobile Internet leadership

More relevant search, targeted advertising and attention to privacy: this is how Yahoo! intends to become the leader in the growing mobile Internet services market. Geraldine Wilson, vice president of Yahoo! Europe's Connected Life division, spoke to EurActiv in an exclusive interview ahead of the FT Business of Mobile Conference.

Why Brussels public affairs practitioners should be helping Google

By fhbrussels

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"10 ways bloggers have revolutionized online news media

Web start-up unveils semantic Wikipedia search tool

Powerset on Sunday unveiled tools for searching Wikipedia that use conversational phrasing instead of keywords, marking the first step of its challenge to established Web search services such as

10 ways bloggers have revolutionized online news media

By Jean Yves Chainon

In the past, there has been much debate as to whether bloggers could be considered journalists and what the distinction meant. Regardless of the possible answers, in today's context, blog editorial practices have influenced those of traditional news media online - whether it's writing styles, tones or formats.

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Webby Awards announced!

BLOG - POLITICAL

Webby Award Winner	Agency/Credited Organization
The Huffington Post http://huffingtonpost.com	The Huffington Post
People's Voice Winner
The Huffington Post http://huffingtonpost.com	The Huffington Post

AND HUNDREDS OF MORE CATEGORIES....

Social network downtime Jan-Apr 2008:

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"When to publish blog posts for increased popularity

When to publish blog posts for increased popularity

By Jean Yves Chainon

A US software developer, Jake Luciani, has determined the best days and times to publish blog posts, analyzing the connection between timing and popularity on social bookmarking sites such as Del.icio.us, Digg, Reddit and Mixx.

The conclusions are straightforward: Thursdays are the best day, and the best times are between 1pm and 3pm PST (after lunch) or between 5pm and 7pm PST (after work). The worst times to post are between 3pm and 5pm PST on weekends..........

Yahoo-Microsoft Drama::Takeover Tiff Best Thing to Happen to Yahoo

Yahoo happy logo.jpg Microsoft made what appeared to be its last bid for Yahoo at $33 per share, and Yahoo wanted $37. Microsoft walked away.

What a weird way for this entire drama to end — if it is indeed over. Most people expect this to be a very bad week for Yahoo on Wall Street, with Silicon Alley Insider’s Henry Blodget predicting Yahoo’s stock will “drop at least to the low 20s.”

First Major U.S. Exhibition in 20 Years for Abstract Expressionism at The Jewish Museum Jackson Pollock, Convergence, 1952, oil on canvas. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.

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"Grand Theft Auto Review: This Videogame Is Art

Grand Theft Auto Review: This Videogame Is Art

The game gives our mercurial hero a conscience, a fatigue with death, a desire to start over.

How to study surveillance

By Ethan

Chris Conley leads one of the most difficult research projects we’ve undertaken at the Berkman Center - the surveillance study of the Open Net Initiative. Over the past five years, the good folks at ONI have gotten very smart about how the internet is filtered in nations around the world. What’s much less clear is how the internet is monitored and what governments, law enforcement agencies, corporations and others are able to track as far as online behavior.

One problem: if surveillance is performed competently, it should be undetectable. Second problem: it’s often to someone’s advantage to claim that surveillance is taking place, even when it’s not, as it can change behaviors. (Think about “dummy” cameras mounted on your house as part of a fake “security system”. If they’re convincing enough, perhaps they don’t actually need to work.) Conley mentions my comments about the panopticon effect of surveillance in a recent Newsweek article - I assert that Zimbabwe isn’t able effectively monitor the Internet… but by stating that they will, they’ve forced a large number of users to remove sensitive information and conversations from the Internet.

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"10 Essential Legal Points for Bloggers

10 Essential Legal Points for Bloggers

By Daniel Scocco

Every day, millions of bloggers post content online. Millions more people read and comment on blogs. With all that communication, some interesting legal issues are bound to arise. This article looks at 10 major legal points that bloggers must know and offers some suggestions about how to work with them.

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"Internet subscribers exceed 5 mln in Turkey

Internet subscribers exceed 5 mln in Turkey

The number of Internet subscribers in Turkey has surpassed 5 million, according to Türk Telekom, Turkey’s largest provider of national and long-distance telecommunication services.

A written statement from Türk Telekom yesterday said the increase in the number of broadband subscribers was due to the investments by Türk Telekom in communications infrastructure around the country.

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"Web 2.0: New opportunities, new risks

Web 2.0: New opportunities, new risks

New user-friendly technologies have made the Internet more interactive, turning millions of users into content creators and increasing the services available online. The changes introduced have created a kind of second-generation Internet - the so-called Web 2.0.

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"Your Guide to Net Neutrality

Digging Deeper::Your Guide to Net Neutrality

From time to time, I’ll give an overview of one broad MediaShift topic, annotated with online resources and plenty of tips. The idea is to help you understand the topic, learn the jargon, and take action. I’ve already covered micro-blogging and Twitter, citizen journalism, the mobile web and other topics. This week I’ll look at Net neutrality.

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"'Blog Till You Drop' Phenomenon Overblown

Finding Balance::'Blog Till You Drop' Phenomenon Overblown; Disconnecting Is Key

In Jennifer Woodard Maderazo

The New York Times recently published a story , “In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop,” that created a lot of buzz. The story told about bloggers who were literally working themselves to death. As if it were a quickly advancing trend, the Times’ Matt Richtel declared, “a growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired to the hilt, are toiling under great physical and emotional stress created by the around-the-clock Internet economy that demands a constant stream of news and comment.” The gist: The 24/7 news cycle of bloggers is killing them......

Blogging to death

Blogosphere on fire over NY Times story

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"Digital preservation: The uncertain future of saving the past

Digital preservation: The uncertain future of saving the past

How will research findings be communicated in the future, and how true to the original look, feel and behaviour of these publications will digital archives need to be?

Internet Crime Report: The Top Scams of 2007

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

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"MIT Picks Top 10 Emerging Technologies

New York Times: Blogging is Dangerous

The New York Times has a story about how deadly blogging can be. A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired to the hilt, are toiling under great physical and emotional stress created by the around-the-clock Internet economy that demands a constant stream of news and comment.....

Lightning speed replacement for Internet in near future

By Carolyn Lo

Cern, the particle physics center based in Geneva that created the web, has built "the grid," a replacement for the Internet that is 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, capable of downloading entire feature films in seconds and "sending the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds."

Internet & Democracy project releases study of "Iran's online public"

From the Internet & Democracy project blog...

found @ haha.nu.

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"Guide to the Mobile Web

Digging Deeper::Your Guide to the Mobile Web

From time to time, I’ll give an overview of one broad MediaShift topic, annotated with online resources and plenty of tips. The idea is to help you understand the topic, learn the jargon, and take action. I’ve already covered blogging, citizen journalism, hyper-local news and other topics. This week I’ll look at the mobile web.

found in Battlestar Galactica Last Supper

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"Semantic Web in the news

Academic “Social Network Sites”: Very Preliminary Impressions

By Maximilian Forte

I have recently registered in three social network sites that were discussed in the listserv of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), the three being Pronetos, Academici, and LinkedIn, two of which are primarily for academics. My initial, admittedly superficial reaction was: “Web 2.0 is a good place to be lonely, if you’re an anthropologist”. In Pronetos, I am the only anthropologist, and in fact I had to create the anthropology discipline so that I could join it–and I reign in that kingdom in glorious solitude, talking to myself (as I am accustomed). In Academici, I cannot find other anthropologists, nor in LinkedIn where I cannot even find other academics, of any discipline, from my home institution (Concordia University, Montreal).

"Emergence of an eTurkey.

By Itir Akdogan
Pakistan Christian Post:

Helsinki - For more than 40 years Turkey has been taking certain measures to reach the European Union criteria of a member state. As part of a drive to increase innovation in and access to technology, the EU has allocated more than 100 billion euros for the i2010 Programme to create a 'Single European Information Space', in which innovation and investment in technology is a priority. Becoming an information society is one of the reforms Turkey is undertaking to increase its chances of joining the EU."

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Here comes another victim: Indymedia Istanbul

Indymedia Istanbul blocked in Turkey

by imcista
Wednesday Mar 26th, 2008 9:35 AM

2008-03-26: Access to Indymedia İstanbul inside Turkey has been blocked by Turk Telekom.

Independent Media Center - İstanbul (Indymedia İstanbul) has been initiated by a group of people in January 2003. In the mission statement of Indymedia İstanbul it is mentioned that "the mainstream and dominant media tools and/or the cartels provide false/incorrect or imperfect information/knowledge/data by distorting many realities according to the status quo which the sovereigns of the world and the countries are adherent.

Net freedom in Turkey!

Common Interest - PoliticsSize:233 members

Web site blocked over insults to Atatürk

Turkey has been blocking access nationwide to Slide Inc and its popular multimedia Web software after a local court ruled the site let users post photos and stories insulting the Turkish Republic's

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"The Cute Cat Theory

Inspiration: Fouad Mourtada is Free!

It is with great joy that we break this story. This is a huge victory for digital activism. Thank you to all the people who supported the campaign, both online and offline!

CASABLANCA, March 18 - Fouad Mourtada was released from Oukacha Prison at approximately 8:00pm local time today, having received a royal pardon.

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Slide: Another victim of Turkish legal authorities who work hard to make Turkey a net black hole....

Slide protests ban in Turkey

The government of Turkey has banned widget maker Slide. The reason: harboring pictures and articles that are considered to be insulting to Ataturk, the founder of Turkey."

update:

Turkey blocks Web site over insults to Ataturk | Technology | Internet | Reuters

Turkey Bans Facebook Application For Offensive Content - Internet news

All enemies of Turkey: Upload some stuff to a Web 2.0 site that insults Atatürk. A local court will ban it, and you can have one more proof for Turkey as a country without freedoms.

Our Facebook campaign is still too small to get any attention.

Net freedom in Turkey!

Common Interest - Politics

Size:173 members

Even a group named as "Guardians of the Republic" has more members. Guardians? that sounds familiar. Iran? eheheheh

Note to Slide users in Turkey

If you use Slide in Turkey, you've probably noticed that you are no longer able to access the Slide website or our applications (you may not even be able to access this post). The Turkish government has accused Slide of "harboring pictures and articles that are considered to be insulting to Ataturk," founder of the republic.

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"The Fourth Annual Satin Pajama Awards

The Fourth Annual Satin Pajama Awards

By David Weman

I hereby announce The Fourth Annual Satin Pajama Awards. You can nominate blogs in the comments to this post.
The purpose of the awards is to recognize the efforts and contributions of Europe’s many talented bloggers, to maybe help build a sense of community among us, and, more than anything, it’s a chance for people to discover lots of new good blogs.....

Antiquity to Contemporary - Great Works of Art From 3000 Years at Tefaf Maastricht 2008 Exhibitor: Waddington Galleries Ltd. Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005), Still Life on a Table

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"Digging in the Digital Database of the Mundane

Digging in the Digital Database of the Mundane: The Digital Lives of San Francisco

Michael Wesch

Throughout the world, people are increasingly uploading detailed information about their lives onto the web via tweets, tags, blogs, vlogs, photos, and videos. Even more is uploaded unintentionally, as much of what we do now leaves a digital trail. Emerging technologies such as RFID tags and 2D barcodes transform physical objects into hyperlinks, thereby promising to exponentially increase the amount of digital debris our movements leave behind.

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Can't take it anymore. Erkan starts a Facebook awareness campaign for Net freedom in Turkey....

Net freedom in Turkey!

Nearly 300 Web sites blocked since November

Access to a total of 294 Web sites has been blocked in Turkey since November of last year following the establishment of an Internet bureau within the Department of Telecommunications, according to the Anatolia news agency.

and here comes my first real Wiki experience. I am starting a wiki on Istanbul here. It is the very, very early stage now. But check out and join, contribute if you like and of course have fun...

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50 Most Powerful Blogs- Euroblog 2008 notes - Activities in cyberspace etc...

While I check out my tons of emails, here are some links.

A Water Conference is taking place in Istanbul Yıldız Technical University. Looks like it has much leftist orientation but could still be interesting....

Another campaign revolving around headscarf issue. There is an explanation in English...

Germany Meets Turkey

Welcome to Germany Meets Turkey - A Forum for Young Leaders. A program organized by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD) and the Robert Bosch Stiftung in cooperation with the Istanbul Policy Center (IPC).

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July 02, 2008

"European Parliament Takes On Blogs (Symbolically)

June 28, 2008

"GROWING INTERNET CENSORSHIP IN TURKEY

June 26, 2008

"Turkish press is senselessly digging democracy’s grave...

June 20, 2008

"Blogger arrests reach record high..

June 19, 2008

On this day...

June 17, 2008

"Bloggers to AP: You're Dead to Me

June 06, 2008

"Researchers' 'Facebook' launched

June 04, 2008

"Believe it or not, Turks spend the most time with newspapers...

more on 15th Worlds Editors Forum and other journalism related features:

June 02, 2008

"American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics

May 31, 2008

"Web 2.0 fails to produce cash

May 30, 2008

"Clinton's blunder throws light on digital age journalism

May 21, 2008

"Twitter’s Crisis

May 16, 2008

"'Political Facebook' to help undecided EU voters

May 13, 2008

"10 ways bloggers have revolutionized online news media

May 07, 2008

Webby Awards announced!

BLOG - POLITICAL

May 06, 2008

"When to publish blog posts for increased popularity

May 03, 2008

"Grand Theft Auto Review: This Videogame Is Art

April 28, 2008

"10 Essential Legal Points for Bloggers

April 26, 2008

"Internet subscribers exceed 5 mln in Turkey

April 20, 2008

"Web 2.0: New opportunities, new risks

April 17, 2008

"Your Guide to Net Neutrality

April 13, 2008

"'Blog Till You Drop' Phenomenon Overblown

April 09, 2008

"Digital preservation: The uncertain future of saving the past

April 07, 2008

"MIT Picks Top 10 Emerging Technologies

April 04, 2008

"Guide to the Mobile Web

April 01, 2008

"Semantic Web in the news

"Emergence of an eTurkey.

March 27, 2008

Here comes another victim: Indymedia Istanbul

March 26, 2008

"The Cute Cat Theory

March 25, 2008

Slide: Another victim of Turkish legal authorities who work hard to make Turkey a net black hole....

All enemies of Turkey: Upload some stuff to a Web 2.0 site that insults Atatürk. A local court will ban it, and you can have one more proof for Turkey as a country without freedoms.

March 24, 2008

"The Fourth Annual Satin Pajama Awards

March 20, 2008

"Digging in the Digital Database of the Mundane

Can't take it anymore. Erkan starts a Facebook awareness campaign for Net freedom in Turkey....

and here comes my first real Wiki experience. I am starting a wiki on Istanbul here. It is the very, very early stage now. But check out and join, contribute if you like and of course have fun...

March 18, 2008

50 Most Powerful Blogs- Euroblog 2008 notes - Activities in cyberspace etc...

While I check out my tons of emails, here are some links.

Richard Bailey's notes from Euroblog2008: