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Cyberculture agenda: KickassTorrents has to move to kickass.to… “DARPA’s Memex for searching the deep Web…
KickassTorrents Taken Down By Domain Name Seizure TorrentFreak With millions of unique visitors per day KickassTorrents (KAT) is one the most used torrent sites on the Internet. DARPA’s Memex for searching the... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: UK Tribunal Declares NSA’s Data-Sharing with British Intel Illegal …Adidas is the first major brand to use Twitter’s Group DM for marketing…
10 Reasons Why Millennials Follow Brands on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest All Facebook by Shea Bennett A new study has identified ten distinct reasons why millennial social media users follower brands... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: Minecraft video game, target of Turkey’s Family Ministry … Twitter vs. Trolls
Turkey’s Family Ministry launches probe into Minecraft video game Turkish ministry has launched an investigation into video game “Minecraft” on grounds that it encourages violence Israel suspends three diplomats over Twitter posts... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: Twitter and Google team up… FCC Officially Embraces Title II…Alibaba beating Amazon in drone delivery…
STUDY: Using Facebook for ‘Surveillance’ Can Lead to Envy, Depression All Facebook by David Cohen Want to avoid feelings of envy that might lead to depression? Be careful how you use... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: Ross Ulbricht found guilty on all counts in Silk Road trial verdict…
Silk Road trial verdict: Ross Ulbricht found guilty on all counts Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin Ulbricht faces a possible maximum sentence of life in prison. Read the rest Silk Road creator Ross... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: “Games Grow in Traffic and Revenue in 2014..”How the World’s Famous Tech Companies Fared in 2014
Pirate Bay Responds to Cloudflare and Moderation Concerns TorrentFreak On Saturday The Pirate Bay made its long-awaited comeback. While most users were happy to see the site back online, others... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: Turkish Religious Leaders take time to issues a fatwa on downloading…
Downloading Fatwa Issued By Turkish Religious Leaders TorrentFreak For millions of people around the world the word of their particular God provides a moral compass for living life in an appropriate... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: “The Pirate Bay Is Back Online! [But it might be a trap…]
The Pirate Bay Is Back Online! TorrentFreak Early December The Pirate Bay was raided at the Nacka station, a nuclear-proof data center built into a mountain complex near Stockholm. The Pirate... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: reddit’s first transparency report….
Meet Vivaldi, a new browser from the former CEO of Opera The Next Web by Owen Williams Hot on the heels of Microsoft announcing its newest browser, Project Spartan, we’ve... Read more
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Turkey vs. Facebook over some pages allegely insulting Prophet Mohammad. Erkan also quoted…
Facebook blocks Turkish users from viewing pages deemed offensive to Prophet … National Post This comes on the heels of an ongoing government crackdown on critical political expression in Turkey.... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: 10 major tech conferences in 2015….. Ethan Zuckerman pieces on Global Voices Summit
10 tech conferences around the world to attend in 2015 The Next Web by Ashley Hefnawy Ashley Hefnawy is an associate editor for Shutterstock’s blog. This post was originally published... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: “Data-Driven Web Survival Guide…”2015: The Year of the Learner…
Italy Launches Largest Ever Pirate Site Blockade TorrentFreak Alongside the United Kingdom, Italy is the most aggressive country in the world when it comes to blocking websites on copyright infringement... Read more
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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... Read more
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Now you will see @Twitter : Turkish Professors (@cyberrights @keremaltiparmak) threaten lawsuit against Twitter for blocking accounts
News in Turkish. Turkish Professors threaten lawsuit against Twitter for blocking accounts Associate Prof. Kerem Altıparmak and Prof. Dr. Yaman Akdeniz issued a warning to Twitter over blocking content on... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: Internet user-friendly copyright law presented to European Parliament… “Global Digital & Social Media Stats: 2015
Report urges internet user-friendly copyright law EurActiv.com EU copyright rules need to be rebalanced to give internet users more rights as compared to creators and rights holders according to a draft... Read more
