EFF has a piece on Digital Apartheid in Gaza: Big Tech Must Reveal Their Roles in Tech Used in Human Rights Abuses The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has reported on unjust content moderation practices, often at the request of Israeli authorities, which disproportionately affect Palestinian voices[6]. Besides, there is the Big Tech’s Role: The involvement of major … Read more
Report here Turkey rated ‘not free’ in internet freedom in new Freedom House report Internet freedom in Turkey has been rated “not free” in the latest annual report by the Washington-based watchdog Freedom House, a downgrade from its “party free” status last year Message of Solidarity From Margaret Atwood to Aslı Erdoğan on PEN’s Day of The … Read more
How We Prepared the NSA’s Sensitive Internal Reports for Release The Intercept The 166 articles we’re releasing today from an internal NSA publication,SIDtoday, were subjected to a careful process of research, editorial evaluation, legal review, reporting, redaction, and digital processing. This article explains how that process worked. The Intercept begins publishing Snowden docs Boing Boing by Cory … Read more
Locals protest mining efforts in Turkey’s northeast In the Black Sea province of Artvin, locals protested a company’s efforts to extract mine in Cerattepe region with the support of police and military officers in armed vehicles Attack against People Opposing Copper Mine in Artvin Bianet :: English Security forces have attacked with pepper gas on people keeping … Read more
21 YEARS AFTER ÖZGÜR ÜLKE DAILY BOMBING: “Having Lost His Life in Bombing, Yıldız Remembered” Bianet :: English Özgür Ülke daily had been bombed 21 years ago. Ersin Yıldız who lost his life in the explosion was remembered today in a ceremony in Kadırga. Journalists noted that pressures continue today and they would carry on reporting … Read more
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 deep Web Boing Boing by David Pescovitz DARPA’s “Memex” program is developing new search tools for the vast majority of the Web that isn’t indexed by … Read more
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 Ulbricht found guilty for all 7 conspiracy charges The Next Web by Napier Lopez Today, Ross Ulbricht, known by his online alias “Dread Pirate Roberts,”was … Read more
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News in Turkish People occupy #Iztuzu (Turtles) Beach against privatization&possible development works afterwards http://t.co/eVvrDTdDR0 v @iztuzudayanisma — 1 Kızılay çadırı 22.439 lira/1193,5$ – NOT MY (@MiraLincess) January 4, 2015 İztuzu Beach – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia İztuzu Beach is a 4.5 km long beach near Dalyan, in the Ortaca district of the Province of Muğla … Read more
Police disperse teachers’ protest in Ankara, detain 100 More than 100 people are detained following a police crackdown on a demonstration in central Ankara organized by a teachers’ union High School students were also on streets today. In Taksim, a group of students protested new education policies… So for no police attack..
VIDEO: Pope claims Europe appears ‘elderly’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition Pope Francis warns that the world sees Europe as “somewhat elderly and haggard” during a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Pope complains of ‘haggard’ Europe BBC News | Europe | World Edition Pope Francis warns that Europe appears “somewhat elderly” and … Read more
Global directory of freedom technologists: projects, networks, organisations media/anthropology by John Postill This is a working directory of some of the global projects, networks and organisations where leading freedom technologists congregate and collaborate. It is part of current research towards my forthcoming book Hacker, Lawyer, Journalist, Spy: Freedom Technologists and Political Change in an Age of Global Protest. Please note … Read more
Mighty Turkish State with mighty “Palaces of Justice” cannot find prosecutors to process the detainees situations. Lawyers and media personnel are waiting activists to be released… Michelle Demishevich ?@demishevich #1MayısGözaltılarıSerbestBırakılsın eylemini takipteyiz #press #media #pressfreedom #CaglayanAdliyesi pic.twitter.com/1JpqZvgXjg Çağlayan Adliyesi önü. (11.00) 1 mayıs gözaltıları için bekleniyor. pic.twitter.com/hhnWKX8itW
[News sources] 1- @140journos ve @dokuz8haber ve @onurerem http://birgun.net/haber/1-mayistan-canli-yayin-goruntuleri-13750.html ? [News sources] 2- DHA Canlı yayınlar- http://dha.com.tr/dhayayin/ ve http://dha.com.tr/dhayayin-2/ ve http://dha.com.tr/dhayayin-3/ ı [News sources] 3: Diken Canlı http://www.diken.com.tr/vitrin/polis-taksimi-kusatti-diskin-onunde-toplasma-basladi/ ? ve @ayagakalktaksim ve @otekilerpostasi [News sources] 4- @canli_bbcturkce http://www.bbc.co.uk/turkce/haberler/140430_canli_1mayis.shtml ? Bianet: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bianet-org ? [News sources] 5- @sendika_org http://www.sendika.org/2014/05/ve-istanbul-1-mayisa-girdi/ ? – sahadan @erenerdemnet – @AJTCanli http://canli.aljazeera.com.tr/Event/1_Mays Istanbul Turkey… Happy Labour Day. pic.twitter.com/BwJL7DcST4 … Read more
The march was without much incident. Police did not let women enter Taksim Square but this was relatively quiet a peaceful and joyful event… AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto-Women clash with Turkish police on Istiklal Avenue to mark World women day pic.twitter.com/5xEAVCarr8 This was a minor clash with a particular left wing group and police…. Police close Gezi Park … Read more