Erkan quoted in El Mundo for a piece on internet freedom but…

…I see that El Mundo is also banned in Turkey…  I have no idea why it is banned…update: it is banned due to broadcasting the infamous Baykal sex video… here is the link to the original piece that I cannot access thru my laptop – it is time change settings, I guess-

An interview with Paul Virilio: Cyberwar, God And Television. And a cyberculture roundup.

Paul Virilio Cyberwar, God And Television: Interview with Paul Virilio from Continental Philosophy by Farhang Erfani Louise Wilson: First of all, I?d like to say that I approach your work as a visual artist. What?s Better than an ?Internet Kill Switch?? Regular Security Updates from EFF.org Updates by chris The US government is deliberating about … Read more

New study on Sexting

Medvedev Tweets from FP Passport by Joshua Keating

Twitter stumbles as Medvedev visits

from FT.com – World, Europe
The Russian president, who is touring Silicon Valley companies, sends his first ‘tweet’ from the offices of the messaging service, which is struggling with outages because of usage spikes during the World Cup

“Sexting”: legal and practical issues

from Berkman Center Newsfeed by syoung

The Berkman Center is pleased to share our Youth and Media Policy Working Group Initiative’s latest document, which addresses legal and practical issues related to the practice colloquially known as sexting:

Sexting: Youth Practices and Legal Implications (PDF)

The document was prepared by Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic, based at the Berkman Center, for the Risky Behaviors and Online Safety cluster of the Youth and Media Policy Working Group Initiative. It is intended to provide background for discussion of interventions related to sexting. It begins with a definition of sexting, and continues with overviews of research and media stories related to sexting. It then discusses the statutory and constitutional framework for child pornography and obscenity. It concludes with a description of current and pending legislation meant to address sexting.

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Italy vs. Google

Wired.com: Does Italy?s Google Conviction Portend More Censorship?

from CyberLaw Blog

Google Hit With Antitrust Investigation in Europe

from Mashable! by Adam Ostrow

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ComScore report's Turkey section…

Webrazzi analysesthe ComScore report’s Turkey section (in Turkish). I quote the statistics from the report…

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