Government’s “porn filter” also filters Darwin sites…

Darwin Sites Banned – Survival of the Fittest? The children profile of the internet filtering system enforced on 22 November banned access to all web sites related to the theory of evolution and to naturalist Charles Darwin. Mmm… hot hot Darwin porn, as banned by the Turkish government Darwin censored by the Turkish government’s porn … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: EU court’s historic rule on filtering attemps; EU policy blogs; and more…

EU court rules policing the Internet is illegal (News) from EurActiv.com The European Court of Justice issued yesterday (24 November) a historic ruling establishing that member states cannot impose the filtering of the Internet for the purpose of preventing illegal downloads of copyrighted files. EU policy blogs: There are some indeed! (updated) from Ideas on … Read more

Erkan’s piece at IFLA website: An attempt to understand what the proposed internet filtering system means

this was written in the middle of summer 2011… An attempt to understand what the proposed internet filtering system means by Erkan Saka [PDF] Erkan Saka Assistant Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, School of Communication Blogger at http://erkansaka.net As of March 2011, Reporters Without Borders would include Turkey on its 2011 list of 16 countries “under surveillance” … Read more

Anonymous expected to attack tomorrow at 6 pm #operationturkey

Pirate Party of Turkey issued a communique (in Turkish) in which it supports the Anonymous attack. Turkish officials are reported to increase web security measures. ************* Internet activist group warns Turkish government about censorship from Hurriyet Dailynews by ISTANBUL- Daily News with wires Anonymous, an online activist group consisting of anonymous members from all over … Read more