internet censorship

Turkey second at government requests from Facebook… Arbitrary justice: “3 Different Case Procedures For “Hitler-Seeming” Erdoğan Banner

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Redhack members acquitted in terror case An Ankara criminal court ruled on March 15 for the acquittal of ten Redhack members charged with supporting left-separatist terror organizations. 3 Different Case Procedures For “Hitler-Seeming” Erdoğan Banner  Bianet :: English A banner depicting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a Hitler-like mustache resulted in 3 insult cases across Turkey with different … Read more

As Facebook caves in, Turkey’s authoritarian march continues: “Specially authorized courts to be reintroduced

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Zuckerberg’s free-speech rhetoric proves empty as Facebook censors Charlie … International Business Times UK “In comparison with Twitter and YouTube, Facebook cooperates with the Turkish authorities much better,” Yaman Akdeniz, a professor in cyberlaw at Bilgi University in Istambul, told the New York Times. “Therefore it’s not surprising that Facebook . Facebook Caves to Turkish Government … Read more

Censorship and Digital Surveillance in Turkey Country Report September-2014 by @altbilisim Alternative Informatics Association

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Alternative Informatics Association’s Censorship and Digital Surveillance in Turkey Country Report September-2014 There is Censorship on the Internet and Freedom of Expression is Restricted in Turkey. With the central filter implemented and public access points being arbitrarily censored/filtered, the blocking of Internet access in Turkey has turned into an escalating mechanism for the censorship/control of Internet … Read more

Twitter ban lifted, Youtube still banned AND serious allegations of DNS hijacking…

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TunnelBear ?@theTunnelBear  Welcome #Turkey back to Twitter! TunnelBear will be here for you next time! rawr! #twitternotblockedinturkey Here are two serious analyses: http://www.bortzmeyer.org/dns-routing-hijack-turkey.html https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/a-ripe-atlas-view-of-internet-meddling-in-turkey Turkey lifts Twitter ban after court ruling World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk Two-week-old ban is lifted after Turkey’s constitutional court rules that it breaches freedom of expression laws US Representatives introduce resolution against Turkey?s ban on Twitter … Read more

President Abdullah Gül approved new Internet Law. Turkey home of censorship

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Ironically he informed the public that he approved the new law by tweeting…   He is just a good cop who approves the bad cop’s law. Hopefully they will go down together…

Activists take stage for Internet Freedom this evening. #18Ocak18deSokaklara #SansüreDurDe

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  Turkish police break up protest against law curbing Internet Riot police fired plastic bullets, tear gas and water cannons at hundreds of people in Istanbul protesting a government plan to expand controls over the public’s use of the Internet on Jan. 18 I will probably be around in Taksim and will switch to my … Read more

in Turkey, Access banned number of sites hits a new record in 2013

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More information here in Turkish. Official site of The Presidency  of Telecommunication, communication (TİB) that authorizes access bans.

EFF Resigns from Global Network Initiative… a Cyberculture roundup…

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EFF Resigns from Global Network Initiative Citing Concerns Over NSA?s Impact on Corporate Members, EFF Leaves Industry Group San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today withdrew from the Global Network Initiative (GNI), citing a fundamental breakdown in confidence that the group’s corporate members are able to speak freely about their own internal privacy … Read more

Freedom House report: Internet Freedom Deteriorates Worldwide, but Activists Push Back… Cyberculture roundup…

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  New Report: Internet Freedom Deteriorates Worldwide, but Activists Push Back Washington Broad surveillance, new laws controlling web content, and growing arrests of social-media users drove a worldwide decline in internet freedom in the past year, according to a new study released today by Freedom House. Nonetheless, Freedom on the Net 2013 also found that activists are becoming more … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: “Turkey bans gay dating website, app Grindr… “Foursquare continues to focus on the little details…

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  Turkey bans gay dating website, app Grindr Gay and bisexual male dating website Grindr has been banned by Turkey’s Directorate of Telecommunication   Foursquare continues to focus on the little details. Now tells you where the action is on any given day of the week. Someone must have given Foursquare a kick up the … Read more

Turkey’s president is also at Instagram. News from the Turkish cybersphere…

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Turkey’s presidents, Abdullah Gül at Instagram.   ECHR Finds Turkey Guilty For Blocking Google Sites from Bianet :: English The European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty in Ahmet Yıldırım case for violating freedom of expression when a Turkish court decided to block access to Google Sites.   Yelp comes to Turkey from Hurriyet … Read more

Our #wlic2012 FAIFE panel “Sleepwalking into a control society?” Storified:

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IFLA 2012 Conference Session 75 Sleepwalking into a control society? Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Congress track 1: Open access and digital resources. 12 August 2012 13:45 – 15:45 | Room: Session Room 1 | SI [View the story “Our #wlic2012 FAIFE panel \”Sleepwalking into a control society?\” Storified: … Read more

AJ Stream piece: “Websites go dark to protest Internet censorship”

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“Piracy Wars and Internet Censorship in 2011” another cyberculture roundup…

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2011: Piracy Wars and Internet Censorship from TorrentFreak by Ernesto At the end of the year when new developments draw to a close, it?s time to take a look back and take stock. Below is our overview of some of the most interesting events we reported during the first half of 2011. Take a deep … Read more

brief portrayals of LulzSec and Anonymous by PC magazine and a cyberculture roundup..

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LulzSec? Anonymous? Know Your Hackers PC Magazine More recently, the group made headlines for going after security firm HBGary Federal, companies that cut ties with Wikileaks, and Sony. Anonymous attacked HBGary’s site on February 6, days after CEO Aaron Barr told the Financial Times that he knew and Hackers claim CIA website disruption Financial Times … Read more