Journalism agenda: For the record, “Barrett Brown sentenced to 5 Years in prison because he copied and pasted a link

Journalist Barrett Brown sentenced to 63 months in federal prison, must pay $890K in restitution Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin The intelligence and security journalist has already served more than two years in prison for charges related to his proximity to sources within the hacktivist entity known as Anonymous. Read the rest Barrett Brown sentenced to 5 Years … Read more

#TheDayWeFightBack International Community Unites to Protest Big Brother

So far, the only piece in Turkish here. The battlefield is the Internet. Whoever wins the Internet wins the war. (h)ac(k)tivist — (hak-tuh-vist) noun: a person who uses technology to bring about social change. The Hacker Wars ?a film about the targeting of (h)ac(k)tivists, activists and journalists by the US government. There is a war … Read more

Jeremy Hammond of Anonymous sentenced to ten years in jail…

Anonymous Hacker Receives Maximum Prison Sentence An admitted member of the online hacking group Anonymous received the maximum sentence Friday from a judge in U.S. federal court in New York City. Jeremy Hammond: FBI directed my attacks on foreign government sites Anonymous hacktivist told court FBI informant and fellow hacker Sabu supplied him with list of … Read more

Vint Cerf on being a citizen of the Internet… How the NSA Misleads the Public Without Technically Lying.. A cyberculture roundup…

Snowden reveals US intelligence?s black budget Former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden leaked the government?s ?black budget? for fiscal year 2013 to The Washington Post How to Use the New Facebook Insights Do you rely on Facebook Insights to track the performance of your Facebook page? Are you wondering how the new Insights … Read more

How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication on Twitter and other networks… A Cyberculture roundup…

How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication on Twitter (And Everywhere Else) Twitter rolled out two-factor authentication last week, joining a growing group of tech companies to support the important security feature. Two-factor authentication can help mitigate the damage of a password breach or phishing attack. Hacking overshadows closer US-China military ties U.S. National Security Adviser has … Read more