Cyberculture agenda: “Big Data techniques may be killing thousands of innocents…

NSA and GCHQ’s crappy Big Data techniques may be killing thousands of innocents  Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Researchers have taken a second look at the NSA SKYNET leaks, as well as theGCHQ data-mining problem book first published on Boing Boing, and concluded that the spy agencies have made elementary errors in their machine-learning techniques, which … Read more

EFD Haftanın Web Projesi: Çilek Ağacı

http://cilekagaci.com/ Devamlı olsa muhteşem bir politik veri analizi projesi. Yine de olduğu kadarıyla bile çok güzel bir fikir… Kendilerini şöyle tanıtıyorlar:   Biz kimiz? Biz sosyal konulara ilgi duyan, veri odaklı çalışan mühendis ve tasarımcılarız. Amacımız ne? Amacımız insanların sosyal, ekonomik ve politik konularda karar vermesini kolaylaştıracak, doğrudan eyleme yol açan anlamlı analiz sonuçları üretmek. Ne … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: [Interactive] The Global Terrorism Database; Clickbait; Crowdfunded news-site after ISIS; Self-segregation on social networks [on Ferguson]

Self-segregation on social networks and the implications for the Ferguson, MO story  …My heart’s in Accra by Ethan Michael Brown was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson on Saturday August 9, 2014. After his body lay in the hot street for four hours, Ferguson residents took to the streets to protest his killing. Brown’s death, the … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: “Snowden applies for asylum in Russia…”Marissa Mayer and Yahoo: A Look Back at Year One

Snowden applies for asylum in Russia Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Russia from inside Moscow’s airport, officials say. Spies and whistleblowers Edward Snowden, a former contractor for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, has been trapped in the transit lounge of Sheremetyevo airport MAIN FOCUS: Snowden wants asylum in … Read more