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
Wael the Plumber: Egypt’s Google revolutionary mixes it up at the IMF from FP Passport by Joshua Keating Along with cherry blossoms, spring means IMF annual meetings here in Washington along with some always intriguing panel discussions. The most highly anticipated talk at this year’s confab was this morning’s roundtable on “Youth, Jobs, and … Read more
Taraf daily announced today that they began to cooperate with Wikileaks and Turkey related Cablegate material will be published soon. Today’s issue also has an exclusive interview with Julian Assange. Taraf is definitely the best paper in Turkey to cooperate with. Very good decision for Wikileaks… http://twitter.com/tanselparlak/status/47903928171511808 Yeni Star'ı çok beğendim. Bu sabah Star ve … Read more
Cablegate Resources from WL Central by x7o Contents 1. Introduction 2. Data Resources 3. Revelations 4. WL Central Coverage *********************** On Air Live at 4 pm New York Time/9 pm United Kingdom Time The next episode of “This Week in WikiLeaks” will air live at 4 pm New York Time/9 pm United Kingdom … Read more
WikiLeaks Opens a Gift Shop [PICS] from Mashable! by Todd Wasserman Aiming to raise funds for both the controversial website and leader Julian Assange?s legal defense fund, WikiLeaks this month opened an online gift shop. 23/02/2011 – Five major newspapers debate Wikileaks in Madrid MADRID – Today the auditorium of the Reina Sofia museum … Read more
Special Series: Online Privacy from MediaShift “All the world’s a stage,” and even moreso with the rise of the Internet, online advertising and social networking. While there is no American “right to privacy” in the Constitution, there are limits to what we want companies, publishers and advertisers to do with our personal information. Do we … Read more
Al Jazeera Launches Twitter & Meetup Campaigns To Bring Broadcast To U.S. from Mashable! by Sarah Kessler Julian Assange on Wikileaks’ relationship with the international media from Editors Weblog – all postings by Federica Cherubini A story of a relationship fraught with suspicion and tension emerged from an interview with Julian Assange about his organisation’s … Read more
WikiLeaks Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize from Mashable! by Lauren Indvik A member of the Parliament of Norway says he has nominated WikiLeaks for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Snorre Valen, a member of the Socialist Left party, announced his decision to nominate the whistle-blowing organization on his blog. A Nobel Peace Prize for Assange? … Read more
JOURNAL: Cell Phone Coordination of Open Source Protests from Global Guerrillas by John Robb Here’s a cool little phone app called Sukey to help people navigate during a protest/riot. Very useful in avoiding kettling (a slang term for police crowd containment). Check out the tutorial. What Is Data Privacy Day? [INFOGRAPHIC] from Mashable! by Sarah … Read more
Teens Turn to Social Coding to Protect Privacy on Social Nets from MediaShift In certain teen social circles, it’s considered a subtle act of arrogance, a signifier of the loner, to use a solo photo of yourself for your Facebook profile. Digital natives may have earned their reputation as the “entitlement generation,” but apparently there … Read more
US orders Twitter to hand over account data on Wikileaks and multiple Wikileaks supporters from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin The U.S. Justice Department has ordered Twitter to hand over data associated with multiple user accounts, in preparation for legal action related to Wikileaks. Twitter Subpoenaed by U.S. Government for Wikileaks Accounts from Mashable! by … Read more
Turkey Pushed for Its Own Astronaut on Space Shuttle from Yahoo news In exchange for buying Boeing jets, Turkey wanted a Turkish astronaut to fly on a NASA space shuttle, according to a classified state department message recently released by Wikileaks. Wikileaks: cables show that US diplomats are key part of Boeing sales force from … Read more
WikiLeaks details US-Turkey arms negotiating from Hurriyet Dailynews by ANKARA-Hürriyet Daily News WikiLeaks has disclosed new cables on how US Secretary of State Robert Gates promoted Sikorsky helicopters and Raytheon Patriot PAC-3 systems during an Ankara visit. Cables also show how Turkey pressured the US for an urgent sale of Cobra helicopters due to a … Read more
Well-known Turkish columnist Fehmi Koru allegedly got in touch with the American diplomat Mr. Edelman to help firing İbrahim Karagülle, Yeni Şafak’s world news columnist. Mr. Koru today refuses the allegations and claims that Edelman’s man swore at him instead. However, Mr. Koru lost his position at Yeni Şafak after the emergence of allegations. Mr. … Read more
WikiRebels – The Documentary (1/4) Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhTfOL… From the description: “Exclusive rough-cut of first in-depth documentary on WikiLeaks and the people behind it! From summer 2010 until now, Swedish Television has been following the secretive media network WikiLeaks and its enigmatic Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange. Reporters Jesper Huor and Bosse Lindquist have traveled to key countries … Read more