Tumblr users give Congress an earful about SOPA by Cory Doctorow Tumblr has rounded up the effects of its participation in American Censorship Day, a global day of protest of the prosed Stop Online Piracy Act, the worst proposed Internet law in American legislative history. Tumblr users did themselves very proud indeed: Joe Biden: SOPA … Read more
plus….german police malware discovered, anonymous vs. zetas… a cyberculture roundup: Egypt: Blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah Detained for 15 Days by Amira Al Hussaini This post is part of our special coverage Egypt Revolution 2011. Activist and blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah has been detained for 15 days, after refusing to be interrogated by the … Read more
via Italy Wikipedia strike: anti-censorship protests online from cafebabel.com by Eva Vanhee Here we go again: a new chapter of the world of online democracy begins. In response to a draft law restricting freedom of information being discussed in the Italian parliament, wikipedia Italy has chosen to temporarily close down. A virtual strike but … Read more
We got the news today that BTK postponed the proposed filtering system that would start on August 22. It is now to be expected to start on November 22. Although the official explanation is that they have listened to civil societal forces and are planning amendments, it might just be due to summer: New cabinet … Read more
nothing certain yet…we are waiting what the final decision of our authorities… Internet blocking practices a concern, access is a human right, says OSCE media freedom representative at launch of OSCE-wide study from Yeni Medya by binark The Internet should remain free and access should be considered a human right, said the OSCE Representative on … Read more
Bu yazı ilk kez 8 Haziran 2011’de yayınlandı. Yazarın izniyle burada da yayınlanıyor… via Eşcinsellerin İnternetle İmtihanı! İnternet Kurulu Toplantısı‘nın üzerinden tam olarak 2 hafta geçti. Bu geçen sürede BTK’dan veya TİB’den kurul kararının yerini alabilecek nitelikte bir karar, hadi kararı geçtim bir açıklama bekledik, ama her zamanki gibi boşa bekledik. Önerilerin akıbeti ne oldu … Read more
The threat message appeared here. here is the video: Message from Anonymous: Turkish Censorship http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L87SPk6i-hM
Update (27 May): Vodafone Turkey today released a press release stating that there was a misunderstanding. Here is the release in Turkish. Serpil Timuray, Vodafone Turkey’s CEO, stated today that they support the State’s 22 August filtering regime. … In other developments, MÜYAP the copyright monsters, are forcing web publishers to sign documents like the … Read more
France suspends three-strikes copyright law after massive data-leak by Cory Doctorow TMG, a private contractor that administers France’s HADOPI copyright system, has been hacked, resulting in a temporary suspension of HADOPI. Under HADOPI, people who use an Internet connection where one or more users have been accused of multiple acts of copyright infringement lose their … Read more
Why is Turkish government messing with Internet? Turkish Prime Minister: Facebook Is ?Ugly Technology? 1. Because it is an unruly environment. PM Erdoğan’s intense media bashing along with more practical sanctions gave way to an AKP hegemony over the mainstream media. All major anti-AKP newspapers, TV channels, media conglomerations in general are more or … Read more
There will be a march against censorship on May 15. Three major web projects (Sansüre Sansür, ekşi sözlük ve bobiler.org) support the march as announced today… Turkey: Are Ankara Web Regulators Running Amok? | EurasiaNet.org Sour Times in Turkey from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White The censorship frenzy in Turkey has reached jaw-dropping proportions, … Read more
15 Mayıs’ta 500 bin kişi yürüyecek 22 Ağustos’ta “sansür olmayacak” şeklinde açıklama yapan BTK Başkanı Tayfun Acarer’in bu açıklamasından tatmin olmayan yüzbinlerce internet kullanıcısı Facebook ve Twitter’da gruplar kurdu ve 15 Mayıs’ta internet eylemi için sözleşti. EKŞİ SÖZLÜK’TEN TİB’E YANIT: BİZİ YALANCI DURUMUNA DÜŞÜRDÜNÜZ Türkiye’nin Tüm Meydanlarında: İNTERNET SANSÜRÜNE KARŞI YÜRÜYÜŞLER via 22 Ağustos’la … Read more
Julian Assange: Facebook Is a Spy Machine [VIDEO] by Stan Schroeder WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange touched on the subject of social networking in an interview with Russia Today, calling Facebook ?the most appalling spy machine that has ever been invented.? Julian Assange: Facebook Is An Appalling Spy Machine from All Facebook by Nick O’Neill … Read more
BTK (State Internet Authority) members visiting the President. I don’t see any hope for netizens from this photo:) On Aug 22, Turkish authorities are planning to start a filtering system for all citizens. Unapologetically, Turkey aims for a censored web…. Turkish netizens started to campaign on Twitter in order to demonstrate this sinister and shameless … Read more
here is the official letter sent to Turkish hosting companies by Turkish Telecommunications Authority. Most of the words are pornographic. In any case, this is yet another arrogant attack to our freedoms by the establishment. News in Turkish can be found here and here Intense discussions in Turkish occured in Friendfeed: here, here, here.