Cyberculture agenda: Massive raid to Dark Web…

Why the World Needs Anonymous MIT Technology Review Anonymity may encourage antisocial behavior, such as trolling, but we can also identify a noble political imperative behind the mask. FBI Seizes Silk Road 2  Boing Boing by Ivan Hernandez   Global Internet Gumshoes Say They Broke the Super-Privacy Tool Tor  FP Passport by Elias Groll  / Huge raid shuts 400 ‘dark … Read more

My Cyber-Anthropology Course readings for 2014 Fall Semester

Just revised my stuff and decided to assign readings below. I hope we will have a productive semester.  I will need to polish it up a bit but this will give you a sense of what we are up to this semester;)  MED 521 Cyber Anthropology for Media Studies is a course designed for Media … Read more

“Twelve theses on WikiLeaks” and more from the cablegate cyber war

Freedom to Assange and Wikileaks from Genç Siviller We were in front of Consulate General of Sweden, Istanbul Twelve theses on WikiLeaks from Eurozine articles by Geert Lovink, Patrice Riemens Vindictive, politicized, conspiratorial, reckless: one need not agree with WikiLeaks’ modus operandi to acknowledge its service to democracy. Geert Lovink and Patrice Riemens see in … Read more