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Amnesty campaign: #FreeShahidulAlam “The Bangladeshi authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Shahidul Alam
I met Mr. Alam in Berlin at a digital activism awards jury meeting. A nice and gentle person. I hope he will be released soon. Bangladesh: Release photographer and end... Read more
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Quoted in the CPJ report: “How Turkey silences journalists online, one removal request at a time
How Turkey silences journalists online, one removal request at a time By Ahmed Zidan/CPJ Digital Manager On June 19, Abdülhamit Bilici, the last editor-in-chief of the now-shuttered Turkish paper Zaman, tweeted about the... Read more
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#Anthropology roundup: “Can Cryptocurrency Revolutionize the Rituals of Money?
Can Cryptocurrency Revolutionize the Rituals of Money? SAPIENS by Sara Ceraldi [no-caption] Andrew Baker/Getty Images Objects—pieces of paper, coins, lumps of precious metal—may serve as currency and represent specific monetary values, but what... Read more
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Call for Applications | Fact-Checking Summit Turkey 18
Doğruluk Payı, Turkey’s fact-checking site, a project of Izlemedeyiz (On Watch) Association, is inviting fact-checkers, journalists, and researchers to Antalya, Turkey. Launched in 2014, Doğruluk Payı has been advocating for a data-driven... Read more
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#Cyberculture agenda: “Authoritarians used to be scared of social media, now they rule it
Authoritarians used to be scared of social media, now they rule it Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow A new report from the Institute For the Future on “state-sponsored trolling” documents the rise and rise... Read more
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#Journalism agenda: “What’s worked (and hasn’t) in the BBC’s quest for new storytelling formats…
12 prototypes, eight weeks, and lots of tapping: What’s worked (and hasn’t) in the BBC’s quest for new storytelling formats Nieman Journalism Lab by Christine Schmidt Pardon the irony of reading a... Read more
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#Cyberculture agenda: “EU fines Google a record $5 billion for Android antitrust violations – Trade wars?
EU fines Google a record $5 billion for Android antitrust violations The Purple Box by Bjoern Greif The European Commission ordered Google to pay a $5 billion antitrust fine for exploiting its dominant market... Read more
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#Cyberculture agenda: “These nine companies are snapping up almost all the AI startups” AND PEW report on Digital Activism…
These nine companies are snapping up almost all the AI startups Boing Boing by Andrea James In the current acquisition binge around artificial intelligence, tech behemoths with deep pockets lead the way, including Google,... Read more
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#cyberculture agenda: “A Cooperative Vision for Open Access… “The “upset girlfriend” in famous meme…
Let’s Do This Together: A Cooperative Vision for Open Access anthro{dendum} by Marcel LaFlamme, Dominic Boyer, Kirsten Bell, Alberto Corsín Jiménez, Christopher Kelty, and John Willinsky Over the past two weeks, public... Read more
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#anthropology roundup: Turkey’s Göbeklitepe inscribed on UNESCO world heritage list…”The Age of Cultured Machines…
UNESCO inscribed Turkey’s Göbeklitepe on world heritage list News here. **** The Age of Cultured Machines SAPIENS by Matthew Gwynfryn Thomas and Djuke Veldhuis Two robots traverse the desert floor. Explosions from... Read more
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#Journalism agenda: “Courage – Journalism is not a crime” – A documentary by Tom Heinemann
Courage – Journalism is not a crime http://www.courage-documentary.dk They are devoted to journalism but are under an immense pressure by governments, companies and criminals. They use the investigative toolbox to... Read more
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#Cyberculture agenda:”An Irish band’s tribute to Aaron Swartz…
An Irish band’s tribute to Aaron Swartz Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Brian writes, “I play in band in Dublin, Ireland. In January 2017 we released an album called ‘Long Gone’ and... Read more
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#TurkeyElections and Fake News. More ideas based on a recently quoted Al Jazeera article…
Quoted in an AlJazeera piece. (Will spike in fake news have an impact on elections in Turkey?) ‘Undermining journalism’ Erkan Saka, a blogger and academic at Istanbul Bilgi University,... Read more
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In case you need, “Alternatives to Google products” – #Cyberculture roundup…
Alternatives to Google products Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza Restore Privacy collects alternatives to Google products: “It’s been fun Google, but it’s time to say goodbye.” And it’s not just Firefox, DuckDuckGo and Tutanota; privacy-oriented options include NextCloud for... Read more
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#Cyberculture agenda: PEW research says “Teens [now] hate Facebook…
Surprise! Teens hate Facebook The Next Web by Bryan Clark Facebook, not so long ago, ruled the social media roost. Across nearly all important demographics, the Zuckerberg-led time bomb flattened the competition.... Read more
