Unfortunately, many digital natives’ circles are not involved especially in the last 2 anti-web censorship protests that took place in Taksim, İstanbul and some other major cities. Many of them give digital support, especially in cases of police violence but some radical leftist groups increasingly alienate internet activists. Some groups take initiatives and leave internet activists behind. The scheduling and spatial arrangements do no serve an efficient activism moment. Thus comes classic leftist protests without the web fueled humor and creative action. In order to create a substantive pressure, these initiating groups have to engage with digital natives sincerely to get their support…
A man photograph a placard with the name of Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul during a rally against a bill which would allow Turkey’s authorities to block web pages for privacy violations without a prior court decision, in Istanbul, Turkey, late Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. Police in Istanbul have clashed with hundreds of protesters denouncing a new law that increases government controls over the Internet. About 90,000 people have stopped following Gul on Twitter after he signed a controversial bill increasing government controls over the Internet into law on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
According to @rabiacelik police threw pepper gas inside a bus that had also children as passengers. pic.twitter.com/2laMkm7usU
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