Cablegate global roundup continues. WikiLeaks Distributed Data Graphic etc…

WikiLeaks Distributed Data Graphic from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M 2010-12-04: Cablegate: Roundtable discussions 2010-12-04: New York Times T Magazine: Julian Assange: The Gift of Information 2010-12-03: Rep. Ron Paul defends WikiLeaks 2010-12-03: TIME: Cover story WikiLeaks founder Assange ought to be hiding from America from washingtonpost.com – Op-Ed Columns by Charles Krauthammer Let the world … Read more

Julian Assange answers questions at the Guardian, Amazon vs. Wikileaks. Global roundup continues

Julian Assange answers your questions The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, answers readers’ questions about the release of more than 250,000 US diplomatic cables Calling Time on Assange from Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza The other face of Wikileaks: Kristinn Hrafnsson from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin Amazon and WikiLeaks – Online Speech is Only … Read more

A lapdogy reaction: Interpol issues “Red Notice” for arrest of Julian Assange. Another global roundup on Cablegate.

Interpol issues “Red Notice” for arrest of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange over “sex crime” from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin The Arab press downplays WikiLeaks from FP Passport by Max Strasser The L.A. Times‘ Babylon and Beyond blog reports that unlike in most of the world, the WikiLeaks dump of U.S. diplomatic cables isn’t getting that … Read more

“Cohen, Fanning, Johansen and Frankel: Four horsemen of the information apocalypse

Bram Cohen Justin Frankel Jon Lech Johansen Shawn Fanning Four horsemen of the information apocalypse: Cohen, Fanning, Johansen and Frankel from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Time magazine’s Lev Grossman’s got a great profile of four authors of notorious software tools that formed the nexus of the last 12 years of copyright cold-wars: Bram Cohen … Read more

Cablegate roundup. Part II. #cablegate

From Ankara to Moscow: Reading World Leaders’ Reactions to WikiLeaks – TIME WikiLeaks and the Art of Diplomacy Wall Street Journal Turkey, it turns out, is the diplomatic listening post that ranked first in the volume of the cable traffic sent to Washington WikiLeaks: a strange interlude by ANDREW FINKEL I?ve never actually seen a … Read more

Part 3: Twitter reactions to #cablegate (mostly) from Turkey

Cyber radicals are harnessing the power of the internet to promote social change. Illustration: Lynsey Irvine and Peter Storey for the Observer in The internet’s cyber radicals: heroes of the web changing the world İnternetin gerçek gücünü arıtık anlamaya başlıyoruz. Wikileaks bir başlangıç. 2 milyar insan, hatta mobilde 10 milyar cihaz birbirine bağlı — fatos … Read more

Sosyal Medya tonight (@sosyalmedyatv). 15th episode with @gokhanturkmen @ceydak @kaansezyum

Here comes another Sosyal Medya night for me. Mondays are my busiest days of the week this semester. 1 hour office hour, 3 hours of lecture afternoon and then after mostly working on blog and doing a little bit of reading I rush to the studio in İkitelli, close to Hürriyet building there. Tonight we … Read more

Wikileaks storm unabated…Open thread…

Cables show undiplomatic US take on world leaders from Hurriyet Dailynews Diplomats are known for the niceties of their public statements, but documents leaked Sunday show US officials can be merciless behind closed doors. US dubbed Russian leaders as ‘Batman and Robin,’ according to WikiLeaks from Hurriyet Dailynews Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ‘plays Robin’ to … Read more

Twitter reactions to the latest Wikileaks storm #cablegate

[Check back frequently] This twitter account (http://twitter.com/wikileaksTurkce) is providing a good service. Translating Turkey related stuff to Turkish… Wikileaks su ana kadar Erdogan ABD projesi diyen ulusalcilari bitirdi. bundan sonrasini merakla bekliyoruz.. — Emre Uslu, PhD (@EmreUslu) November 28, 2010 Wikileak bir de Cemil Cicek'i bitirdi. Benim kitap bitirir diye dusunuyordum ama Cicek kitabimdaki bilgiyi … Read more

Recent Wikileaks posts from Erkan’s Field Diary #cablegate

Check out Zero Anthropology for Wikileaks wallpapers to download;) All open threads for the moment (and I will probably add more posts soon) Twitter reactions to the latest Wikileaks storm #cablegate Wikileaks storm unabated?Open thread? Turkey related Wikileaks news?open thread #cablegate [Turkish] Son Wikileaks sızıntısıyla ilgili Türkçe haberler/yorumlar [Turkish] Can Erol: Trabzonspor-Wikileaks Part 2: Twitter … Read more

“EFF’s Guide to Protecting Electronic Devices and Data at the U.S. Border

EFF’s Guide to Protecting Electronic Devices and Data at the U.S. Border from EFF.org Updates by marcia Amid recent reports that security researchers have experienced difficulties at the United States border after traveling abroad, we realized that it’s been awhile since we last discussed how to safeguard electronic devices and digital information during border searches. … Read more

Acı Şafak, Atabase. Two good blog projects and news from Turkish cybersphere- Introducing Turkish Cybersphere (15)

I have been neglecting this line of posting. Now I am back:) Acı Şafak (Bitter Dawn) is a blog project in which ex-conscripts narrate their service memories. Good work! Atabase is collection of Atatürk photos. A commendable project in its scope… Blogging Turkey– Mavi Boncuk Links for Blogging Binnur’s Turkish Cookbook Cafe Fernando Du bretzel … Read more

Emin Milli, Kareem Amer, two bloggers released; Sweden’s chief prosecutor still after Julian Assange

Azerbaijan: Emin Milli released, but another activist detained from Global Voices Online by Onnik Krikorian By Onnik Krikorian Following yesterday’s news that video blogging youth activist Adnan Hajizade had been conditionally released in Azerbaijan, Facebook was today awash with news that his friend and fellow activist, Emin Milli, had also been freed. Amnesty International had … Read more

“Facebook increases face-to-face socializing” and a roundup….

Yahoo?s Acquisition Strategy: Technology, Content and Users (Plus Moms and Babies) from Mashable! by Ben Parr The New Facebook Messages: A Walkthrough [SCREENSHOTS] from Mashable! by Ben Parr Study: Facebook increases face-to-face socializing from All Facebook by Meredith Singer Do you ever worry about your preference to message a friend over Facebook then talk to … Read more

the 13th episode of Sosyal Medya begins in 20 minutes. @sosyalmedyatv, @ceriLevis

Tonight we have the 13th episode of Sosyal Medya. This is the end of first period for the program. As I said last week, TRT Haber extended our contract and we are getting ready for the second period. There are some surprises I am not supposed to say right now. In two days, we will … Read more